Darjeeling Mail/12344

Hybrid livery.

mixup of Hybrid Livery,Ahmedabad Shatabi livery and Mind

this is the Siliguri- Town- DJ service, the service of Darjeeling mail was Broad Gauge

CNF to mushkil hai. RAC ho sakti hai.

Admins please update the Rangapani Station Address as
Numaligarh Oil Refinery Limited
Siliguri Marketing Terminal
Rangapani,Siliguri
P.O.-Rangapani
Pin-734434
Distt.-Darjeeling.

Pic 1-The longitudinal view of NRL Terminal & a 51 coach BTPN Rake being loaded with HSD
Pic 2-Siliguri WDG4 12182 waiting patiently @ PF#2 after performing shunting duties amidst Cloudy & Rainy Atmosphere.

Pic 1- Darjeeling Mail overtaking us @ RNI Coach B2(ER-10119)
Pic 2-B3 coach
Pic 3-B4 coach.

Pic 1- 2010 made Darjeeling Mail H1 coach
Pic 2-2007 made #Huge_Offlink ECR marked coach in ER train
Pic 3-1998 made S5 coach of 12343 with coach indicators displaying Name & Destination

S4,S3 & S2 coaches of Darjeeling Mail after coming to a Halt.

A1,B7 & B6 coaches of Darjeeling Mail as it waited patiently @ RNI & we overtook it from the Loop Line.
It was a great feeling to overtake such a prestigious train...Few of the passengers understood that they were ready to be overtaken & thus deboarded & boarded our train....to reach NJP 17 mts early :)

NFR Melaa.....!!! Yay.. :D :D

B4,B2 & S1(Haldibari) Slip Coaches of DJ Mail....

Cab View of 20074 WDP4 with long hood in front...:D

Hud Hud Danbang ;)

Re edit the station please, Tag it Rangapani

No I feel station should be tagged under Numaligarh as Rangapani doesnt have any commercial significance..but NRL POL is used & marketed by this terminal all over India...in one of the pics you can notice HPCL tanker standing inside the terminal that means Hindusthan Petroleum also purchasing High Speed Diesel from Numaligarh Refinery Ltd.After all Sibsagar Distt in Assam is producing more than 15% Oil in India.

NMGY is in Assam

Salute to the #Legend

My assumption has come True.
GN Quota 2013-08-20 Avbl 247 Avbl 228 Avbl 36 Avbl 12
CK Quota 2013-08-20 Avbl 151 Avbl 96 Avbl 20 regret / CKWL# 1
Defense 2013-08-20 Avbl 6 Avbl 2 Avbl 3 NOT Avbl
FT Quota 2013-08-20 Avbl 11 N A Avbl 2 NOT Avbl
LB Quota 2013-08-20 Avbl 14 Avbl 12 Avbl 4 NOT Avbl
HO Quota 2013-08-20 Avbl 30 Avbl 26 Avbl 20 Avbl 10

LB Quota shows 4 which means it has 2 2A Coach.
BROAD GAUGE,
Pls check the same from your view point.

And also 1A showing 22 berths which means it has to have a minimum of One Composite 1A+2A also.
The CC could be as under:
1A=1.5
2A=2.5
3A=7
SL=8 (LB Quota shows 14 for NJP while HDB has 1 SL and 1 3A coach).
SLR=2
GS=3

I have seen a video very recently by a rail fan & he has mentioned that Darjeeling was running with 25 coach...
1A = 1
2A = 1
(1A + 2A) = 1
3A = 7
SL = 9
GS = 3
Military = 1
SLR = 2
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Total : 25

I will like to make a note this is only my assumption. Because that Railway Fan didn't mentioned about the coach composition... Based on your mathematics & that video input i made this coach composition...

It may be added a extra coach to control the summer preasure ..

i hv set an alarm of 7am. will confirm and inform the forum coming morning...

Now 12344 arr aroun right time , it runs only 15-20 delay ..

That will not increase the LB Quota.
Speciall coaches are not awarded LB Quotas and not uploaded into systems.

So Kind of You BG.
pls.
looking forward to u'r contribution.

just checked the compo of 12344 dj mail-
it stands like-
loco-slr-military-gen-gen-gen--s9-s2-h1-a1-b7-b1-s1-slr
no a2 or ha1 yet.

?? prediction are in pnr forum only

and 1 such similar LOL overtake happnd wid my 2213 ypr-dee duronto, wer AP overtook my train at Balharshah and after few kms, duronto again overtook it .... :p
p.s - This is an oct 2012 story !!

In b/w these overtakes can someone please tell me which one is a more important train from New Jalpaiguri to Sealdah....???

Darjeeling which which departed 1 hr before Padatik Express is over taken by Padatik Express... Very strange incidence... I think their might be some technical issue with Darjeeling Mail or any other problem... Darjeeling gets more priority in this route which is clearly seen that at last it made reach Sealdah before Padatik Express...

still at last the entire journey from NJP to SDAH is of 11 Hrs...& being such a prestigious train in this route it has just able to maintain that 55 kmph SF speed..& it's almost a Regular affair..due to PF shortage @ SDAH several times DJ Mail reaches after 06.45...

My personal opinion is both are very important train in this route... I usually take Padatik Express from Sealdah and Darjeeling Mail from New Jalpaiguri... Their is a +Point in this decision... You can do more work till late in evening in Kolkata if u take Padatik... If you take Darjeeling mail to reach Sealdah u reach early... As Darjeeling is very old and renowned train in this route, so people give it a first preference... But daily goers decision r between Darjeeling Mail/Padatik Express...

But Padatik has only 6 SL Coaches whereas Darjeeling Mail has 9....even Padatik has only 2 3AC,whereas Darjeeling Mail has 7...Thats a huge difference these two trains..

It just a prestigious TAG train nothing more than that... Though its booking patronage is one of the best in IR... It has got more AC coaches then any other train...
I think last 5 yrs it getting some priority in electrified section other wise the condition was horrible...
I usually take Darjeeling Mail to reach SDAH because if it reaches 1 Hr late still u reach by 7 AM but Padatik Express making 1 Hr late u are near to 8 AM...

If given the same coach composition to Padatik Express its booking patronage will be same 2 Darjeeling Mail... From SDAH side it very demanding because it starts at 10.55 PM... For officers goers its very selective...

Started in the year 1879... A train running more then 100+ yrs... Best among the patronage and revenue earning trains in IR still not able to make a LHB rake... In earlier occasion used to get rejected coach of Kalka Mail... WE CALL IT A LEGEND...

Kanishk jee, sorry to correct ur statement, more AC coaches then any other train*, Gujarat mail 12901, has the most no of AC coaches in IR in terms of non rajdhani .... :)

Thanks for the correction... I should have written it in another way... Yes Gujarat Mail is leader in this sense...

But it is more easy to get confirm ticket at padatik exp than DARJEELING mail ..

Padatik exp generally arr Sdah just after 15-20 min of arr DJ mail near about 7 am. & 12344 arr near 6.40 am.

why DJ Mail is too slow?? Arenot tracks supportive of high speed??
Or its like ECR Samastipur n Sonpur Divisons where trains are given so much time to travel inspite of the fact that the tracks are well supportive of high speed??

It is not track problem, Darjeeling Mail mainly gets late due to PF clearance problem both at NJP (for 12343) and at SDAH (for 12344).

I never take Padatik Express from New Jalpaiguri to Sealdah i only prefer Darjelling Mail... I am lucky enough that every time i have travelled i have faced a average late of 30 min... Once i remember 1 Hr late... Before 2005 the scenario was totally different... Then i used to prefer bus service from Siliguri to Kolkata... The famous "Rocket Bus"... At that time Darjeeling was like so called Passenger Train...
Now i go for HwH - NJP Shatabdi quite comfortable journey...

Darjeeling mail is not slow..
Except njp satabdi , all SF train takes 10 hr b/w NJP & KOLKATA .

But you can follow etrain.info.....I've seen occasionally Darjeeling Mail takes 11.5-12 Hrs b/w NJP-SDAH & vice versa...Now due to Non-Availability of PF if a train is standing for 45 mts @ Rangapani,then passengers time is wasted or not....???

I can't understand whether to agree or not with you. Recently I noticed 12343 consistently running very late at its first part of journey. I saw it passing BNXR and DDJ 20 minutes late. The sound of the loco can be heard from our rooftop if tried, though we live 4+ km away from the tracks. The point is, WDP4 is certainly capable of recover the time.

Well In my opinion these sort of overtake happens only for Technincal reasons. AP Express overtakes SBC Rajdhani and then Same Rajdhani overatke AP ( Due to technical reason). Same case happens with Shridhan Express ovetaking August Kranti at Mathura and then getting overatkn by August Kranti. their are many cases like this in IR where Overatkes happens for Technical reasons..
But yes what surprised me a lot is HWH Double Decker getting overtaken by normal express ( Purvanchal Express). Infact i have asked question to our fellow members is their any other DD which gets overtaken in its route.. still waiting for ans.. :) ( Entry# 726522 )

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Is electrification procees going on in RPH

I don't think so. Experts can answer.

ANupam Da can clarify this better

Yes. Between Sainthia and Nalhati, wiring is done. And in between Nalhati and Murarai, poles are erected. No work done in Khana-Sainthia section. Andal-Sainthia section will be fully electrified at the end of this year.

Coz it is single line near njp. After entering the sahibganj loop section, it gains speed.

But NFK -NJP sec is a double line sec ..

You can check the atlas on the site. I don't think its fully doubled.

Na na, SDAH- NJP is fully doubled.

It is fully doubled upto Ambari -falatkata & doubling work is running upto RNQ ..
.
Also electification work is running form kumedpur to NJP.

Single?? Nope,its Completely Doubled

Thanks. I had seen it as a single line 5 years back.

Nice pic.

Thanks.

Nice pictures.
.
But Old is GOLD ...

Yes. Thanks:)

If i get a TimeMachine,i will go back to those times,Love Darjeeling mail!

Yes. Diesels and steam locos are beautiful locos.