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Large TB; Outside of Train;
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Close-up; Side View; Small TB; Chair Car; Outside of Train; Standing at Station;
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12886/Aranyak Express
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BQA/Bankura Junction --> SRC/Santragachi Junction

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▪️Will be short terminated at Santragachi on 21.05.24 due to platform congestion at Shalimar
Tue May 21, 2024 (01:41PM)
News History
▪️Will be short terminated at Santragachi on 17.05.24
Fri May 17, 2024 (10:04PM)
▪️ Cancelled on 25.04.24 & 27.04.24
Tue Apr 09, 2024 (12:11PM)
Will rescheduled to leave at 15.05 instead of 14.05 on 13.10.2023
Mon Oct 09, 2023 (10:51AM)
▪️Short terminated at Santragachi on 10.07.23
Mon Jul 10, 2023 (05:26PM)
JCO 05.07.2023 will short terminate at Santragachi
Wed Jul 05, 2023 (07:27PM)
JCO 15 June 2023 is cancelled
Wed Jun 14, 2023 (07:55PM)
Cancellation revoked on 10/04/2023. Will run on normal path JCO 10/04/2023.
Sun Apr 09, 2023 (11:11PM)
Cancelled on 25/02/2023.
Fri Feb 24, 2023 (07:23PM)
▪️Short terminated at Bishnupur on 15.02.23
Wed Feb 15, 2023 (06:21PM)
• JCO 13.01.2023, 14.01.2023, & 16.01.2023 will be short-terminated at Santragachi due to Developmental work at Shalimar Station.
Wed Jan 11, 2023 (07:48PM)
12886 Bhojudih - Shalimar Aranyak Express will remain cancelled o­n 06-12-2022.
Sat Dec 03, 2022 (12:29PM)
12886 Bhojudih - Shalimar Aranyak Express will be permanently augmented by o­ne extra AC Chair Car and two extra General Chair Car coaches w.e.f. 18.06.2022 from Bhojudih.
Fri Jun 17, 2022 (02:48PM)
12885/12886 Shalimar-Bhojudih-Shalimar Aranyak Express will remain cancelled o­n 07.06.2022.
Mon Jun 06, 2022 (11:55AM)
12885/12886 Shalimar - Bhojudih - Shalimar Aranyak Express will remain cancelled o­n 21.05.2022, 23.05.2022, 26.05.2022, 27.05.2022, 28.05.2022 & 30.05.2022.
Wed May 11, 2022 (08:02PM)
12885/12886 Shalimar - Bhojudih - Shalimar Aranyak Express will remain cancelled on 12.04.2022 due to Developmental Works in Adra Division.
Sun Apr 10, 2022 (07:50PM)
📢⚟ 12885/12886 Shalimar-Bhojudih-Shalimar Aranyak Express will remain cancelled on 22.03.2022
Fri Mar 18, 2022 (10:13AM)
Will remain cancelled o­n 18.02.2022.
Thu Feb 17, 2022 (02:38PM)
CC: General Second Class(2S) -7 and AC 3 Tier(3A) -1 02536 Bhojudih-Shalimar Special which left Bhojudih on 30/7/2021 will be short terminated at Santragachi instead of Shalimar.
Fri Jul 30, 2021 (07:50PM)
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May 07 2015 (16:13)   12885/Aranyak Express | SHM/Shalimar (Kolkata) (3 PFs)
 
KeepTravelling^~
KeepTravelling^~   10726 blog posts
Entry# 1458758            Tags   Past Edits
Typical SER #tb of Aranyak Express . . . . Pic taken at Shalimar
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May 07 2015 (16:40)
Desi.Rail~
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Re# 1458758-1              
Earlier train boards of SER were nice with graphics & images in yellow background - blue writings...
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May 07 2015 (19:22)
KeepTravelling^~
KeepTravelling^~   10726 blog posts
Re# 1458758-2              
yeah . . .
Now all SER trains have red boards including passenger trains
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May 11 2015 (13:33)
Brandon12663^~
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Re# 1458758-13              
but excluding KGP-HTE PASS
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May 11 2015 (14:34)
KeepTravelling^~
KeepTravelling^~   10726 blog posts
Re# 1458758-14              
unique train in ser :p
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Nov 10 2018 (21:20)   12885/Aranyak Express | ADRA/Adra Junction (4 PFs) | SRC/WAP-4/22586
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Entry# 3993580            Tags   Past Edits
12885/86 Aranyak Superfast Express, connecting Kolkata Shalimar with western most parts of Bengal and Bhojudih in Jharkhand, is named after Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay's famous novel 'Aranyak'.
Here 12885 arriving Adra Junction in behind SRC WAP-4 (22586) ,bang on RT.
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Mar 30 2020 (00:35)   12885/Aranyak Express | VSU/Bishnupur Junction (3 PFs) | SRC/WAP-4/22897
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Entry# 4604283            Tags   Past Edits
It's Not Janshatabdi , It's a Normal Superfast Train. But Bad to see if you get WS then you get Middle seat.
12885 Shalimar - Bhojudhi Aranyak SF Express approaching Bishnupur Jn with SRC WAP-4 #22897
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Mar 30 2020 (10:23)
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Re# 4604283-2               Past Edits
Ex rake of BBN JS exp now attached to aranayak..
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Mar 30 2020 (14:54)
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Re# 4604283-3              
Yes.
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May 30 2023 (13:21)   12885/Aranyak Express | SRC/Santragachi Junction (6 PFs)
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PiyushSrivastava^~   20759 blog posts
Entry# 5737996            Tags  
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Great Great
I deboarded 12022 Jan Shatabdi Express at 9 pm at Santragachi and proceeded to PF 3 for boarding local to Maurigram. While waiting for my local, I clicked these pics.
Rake of 12885/86 Aranyak Express standing at PF 2 of Santragachi (12/05/2023).
Last pic has been taken 10 days after first 2 pics (22/05/2023) after deboarding Ispat Express (and again I took a local for Maurigram).
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Oct 10 2023 (13:16)   12886/Aranyak Express
SanjuAra
SanjuAra   216 blog posts
Entry# 5848952            Tags   Past Edits
Bullet or what?
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