# Padatik Express

The 12377 / 12378 Padatik Express is a daily Superfast train which runs between Sealdah and New Alipurduar in West Bengal.
The train covers a distance of 719 kilometres (447 mi). The train belongs to the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways and travel time over the whole route is just over 12 hours. This train is named after renowned Bengali poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay's book Padatik.
The train is numbered as 12377 / 12378 and offers all the available classes of travel on Indian Railways-AC First Class (H1), AC First-cum-Second Class (HA1), AC 2-tier (A1-A2), AC 3-tier (B1–B6), Sleeper Class (S1–S5) and Unreserved Class. The train is composed of 21 coaches.

## Route & halts

The important halts of the train are:
* Sealdah (Starts)
* Barddhaman Junction
* Bolpur Shantiniketan
* Rampurhat Junction
* Malda Town
* Samsi
* Dalkhola
* Kishanganj
* New Jalpaiguri Junction (Siliguri)
* Jalpaiguri Road
* Mathabhanga
* New Cooch Behar Junction
* New Alipurduar (Ends)

## Coach composition

Legends :
| EOG/SLR | PC | MIL | H | A | HA | B | AB | G | K | E | C | S | D | GEN/UR |
| Generator cum luggage van | Pantry car or Hot buffet car | Military coach | First AC (1A) | Second AC (2A) | First AC cum Second AC | Third AC (3A) | Third AC cum Second AC | Third AC economy (3E) | Anubhuti coach (K) | Executive chair car (EC) | AC Chair car (CC) | Sleeper class (SL) | Second seating (2S) | General or Unreserved |
| | Loco and other service coach | Loco and other service coach | Loco and other service coach | Loco and other service coach | Loco and other service coach | Loco and other service coach | Loco and other service coach | Loco and other service coach | Loco and other service coach | Loco and other service coach | Loco and other service coach | Loco and other service coach | Loco and other service coach |
| | AC coach | AC coach | AC coach | AC coach | AC coach | AC coach | AC coach | AC coach | AC coach | AC coach | AC coach | AC coach | AC coach |
| | Non-AC coach | Non-AC coach | Non-AC coach | Non-AC coach | Non-AC coach | Non-AC coach | Non-AC coach | Non-AC coach | Non-AC coach | Non-AC coach | Non-AC coach | Non-AC coach | Non-AC coach |
Sealdah to New Alipurduar
| Loco | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| | EOG | GS | GS | GS | GS | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | A1 | A2 | HA1 | H1 | EOG |
New Alipurduar to Sealdah
| Loco | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| | EOG | H1 | HA1 | A2 | A1 | B6 | B5 | B4 | B3 | B2 | B1 | S5 | S4 | S3 | S2 | S1 | GS | GS | GS | GS | EOG |

## Traction

As the route is now fully electrified, it is hauled by a Sealdah based WAP 7 electric locomotive from end to end.

## Gallery

* Padatik Express – Sleeper Class coach
* Padatik Express – AC 3 tier coach
* Padatik Express at NJP Junction
* Padatik Express – AC First Class cum AC 2 tier coach

## Other trains on the Kolkata–New Jalpaiguri sector

* 22301/02 Howrah–New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express
* 12041/42 New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Shatabdi Express
* 12343/44 Sealdah-New Jalpaiguri Darjeeling Mail
* 13149/50 Kanchan Kanya Express
* 15959/60 Kamrup Express
* 13175/76 Kanchenjunga Express
* 12345/46 Saraighat Express
* 15721/22 New Jalpaiguri-Digha Express
* 13141/42 Teesta Torsha Express
* 13147/58 Uttar Banga Express
* 12503/04 Bangalore Humsafar Express
* 13181/82 Kolkata–Silghat Town Kaziranga Express
* 22511/12 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Kamakhya Karmabhoomi Express
* 15643/44 Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Howrah)
* 12363/64 Kolkata–Haldibari Intercity Express
* 12509/10 Guwahati–Bengaluru Cantt. Superfast Express
* 12507/08 Thiruvananthapuram–Silchar Superfast Express
* 12513/14 Silchar–Secunderabad Express