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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
आरण्यक एक्सप्रेस

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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Apr 01 2023 (11:06)   12883/Rupasi Bangla Express | SRC/Santragachi Junction (6 PFs)
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Great Great Great _/\_ _/\_:HBD to All These Trains 🚂🚋🚃🚋🚃 Great
Aranyak and Rupashi Bangla now turn 23. Bhubaneswar Rajdhani now 29.
Steel Express at 53. 🥸
Happy Birthday to all of them! 🙂
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Mar 07 2023 (10:16)   12885/Aranyak Express | DHN/Dhanbad Junction (9 PFs)
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12885/86 Shalimar-Bhojudih-Shalimar Aryanak Express should be extended upto Dhanbad Jn. When it is difficult to get a confirm seat, this train runs with more than 100 seats vacant. Distance between Bhojudih and Dhanbad is 30 Km.
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Re# 5655989-1              
@5655989-0  @guest
Your concerns doesnt justify in TIP category avoid doing so.
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Mar 07 2023 (17:37)
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Agree
@5655989-0  @guest
12885 will probably be extended to Bokaro Steel City after IPTN line doubling.
While distance between BJE & DHN is 30 KMs, it will 1 hour to cover it. Meanwhile HWH-DHN can be covered by the shortest route in 4 hours.
An intercity to KGP from DHN might be a better idea.
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Re# 5655989-4               Past Edits
The main reason behind extension would be connecting Dhanbad and Kharagpur.
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Mar 08 2023 (19:48)
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Disagree:No
@5655989-4  @guest
Like I said a dedicated intercity should be introduced. Why disturb Aranyak?
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Mar 14 2023 (21:37)   12886/Aranyak Express | SRC/Santragachi Junction (6 PFs)
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Entry# 5665363            Tags  
Why the train is running so much late in arrival at src.
Moreover they issue tickets upto shm but most of the days terminate it at src. Rs 10 is really a cheating to passengers.
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Jan 10 2023 (23:30)   12885/Aranyak Express
Rail12345
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LHBfication comming soon
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Oct 20 2019 (00:52)   12885/Aranyak Express | VSU/Bishnupur Junction (3 PFs) | SRC/WAP-7/37108
Somanko_ELST^~
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TATA ♥️
Weekly blog is here.
Week of 13th October 2019 to 19th October 2019.
3 back to back days of RailFanning 15th, 16th and 17th October 2019. Again meeting many IRI members.
This week's blog is something different from the previous ones. A new route/division coverage from me. ADRA Division. 🙏
Many
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tourists spots are there in ADRA division. VSU is one of them.
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Day 1 and 2 (15th and 16th October 2019) Pictures 1 to 19.
Day 3 (17th October 2019) Pictures 20 to 27.
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Picture 1 :- Tikiapara Large SB captured from EMU while going to SRC to board 12885 Aranyak Express for VSU. (Trip was totally a personal family one for attending a cousin's marriage).
Picture 2 :- SRC WAP 7 37108 the power of 12885 Aranyak Express.
Picture 3 :- One of the many new EOGs received by SER parked between PF 2s and 4s of KGP.
Picture 4 :- The Shakti Series. KGP WDG 3A 13191 waiting to be attached to the EOG.
Picture 5 :- Brand new rake of SER parked at KGP Pitlines. I have checked the base and there was no train number earmarked on them.
Some of the coaches will be used in 12810/09 or maybe all.
Picture 6 :- Small SB of Medinipur. Had a nice RF session at MDN as Aranyak reached MDN 25 minutes before its scheduled time.
Picture 7 :- 12885/6 Aranyak Express Large TB.
Picture 8 :- A close up picture of the large SB of Medinipur. The spellings are different in the Small and Large SBs of MDN. I enquired about it and found out that Medinipur is now mainly used.
Pictures 9 and 10 :- SRC WAP 7 37108 with my train at MDN.
Picture 11 :- Single use plastic banned advertising sticker on the coaches of Aranyak.
Picture 12 :- Curve before VSU.
Picture 13 :- Amenities available at VSU.
Picture 14 :- Small TB of 12885 Aranyak Express. Met Anubad Chakraborty at VSU.
Thank you for coming. 😁
Picture 15 :- Night view of VSU UTS and PRS Counter Building.
Picture 16 :- Large SB of VSU.
Picture 17 :- Captured after 0000 hours of 16th October 2019. Another Large SB of VSU.
Picture 18 :- 58011/2 HWH CKP HWH Passenger B1 Coach with small TB.
Picture 19 :- SRC WAP 4 25019 which was the power of 58014/2 BKSC/CKP Passenger. Captured at HWH around 4:40 am. Train reached HWH 10 minutes BT even though it was late at VSU around 20 minutes.
Later on 16th I met Rajat Sao of PRR at Salt Lake Sec V. He is a nice guy to discuss about studies and other interesting things.
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Picture 20 :- HWH WAP 7 37081 at PF 12.
Picture 21 :- BNDM WAG 7 shunting the empty rake of 12813 TATA Steel Express on PF 17. Met with S S Swain, Rahul and Anamitra Bose on this day. Swain boarded Steel for TATA.
Picture 22 :- SECR Humsafar 3A (DURG HS) coach parked beside 17. Booked to LLH.
Pictures 23 and 24 :- TATA WAP 7 37023 with 12813 TATA Steel Express.
Pictures 25 to 27 :- BRC WAP 5 30093 with 22912 Shipra Express. BE1 of Shipra is a SER Mahamana Coach.
Thank you for watching. 🙏

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Yes. I prefer all in one blog rather than small blogs. Shob eksathe ekbar view kore nebe. 😁
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Oct 20 2019 (11:03)
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Finally met with IRI King.
Nice Blog.
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I am no King. Just a RF like everyone in the RF community. 🙏
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Oct 20 2019 (14:21)
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Who said you are not king??
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Arey chaar eshob. 😅
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