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13053 Howrah Jn - Radhikapur Kulik Express Time Table

Departs
08:55
Howrah Jn HWH
Arrives
19:00
Radhikapur RDP
Journey
10h 05m
482 km · 21 stops
Chart expected
about 20:00
the day before travel — a target, not a guarantee (what this rests on)

13053 Howrah Jn - Radhikapur Kulik Express leaves Howrah Jn (HWH) at 08:55 and reaches Radhikapur (RDP) at 19:00 the same day. The booked run is 482 km in 10h 05m, with 21 stops including both ends. It is the only train this timetable version books from Howrah Jn (HWH) through to Radhikapur (RDP). Runs daily. That is a stop every 24 km on average.

13053 at a glance

13053 in timetable version .
Runs onDaily
Calendar row for this train to — beyond 2026-09-30, so not a date we stand behind
Timetable version covers to
Average speed47.8 km/h including halts — ours (how)
TypeExpress · Express
ReservationReserved (PRS) train. 13053 is a 1-, 2- or 8-series number: those are reserved. (how we decide)

Time table and route

21 stops from Howrah Jn HWH to Radhikapur RDP, timed by version , km counted from HWH.
StationArrivesDepartsHaltKm
HWH Howrah Jn start 08:55 — 0
BDC Bandel 09:46 09:48 2m 39
BWN Bardhaman 10:42 10:44 2m 107
BHP Bolpur S Niktn 11:25 11:27 2m 158
PNE Prantik 11:35 11:37 2m 162
SNT Sainthia 12:00 12:02 2m 191
RPH Rampur Hat 12:33 12:35 2m 218
NHT Nalhati Jn 12:49 12:51 2m 233
MRR Murarai 13:01 13:03 2m 250
PKR Pakur 13:18 13:20 2m 273
NFK New Farakka Jn 14:17 14:19 2m 306
MLDT Malda Town 15:20 15:30 10m 341
SM Samsi 16:00 16:02 2m 375
BKRD Bhaluka Road F 16:11 16:13 2m 386
HCR Harischandrpur 16:24 16:26 2m 396
AZR Azamnagar Road 16:50 16:52 2m 416
BOE Barsoi Jn 17:08 17:10 2m 429
RGJ Raiganj 17:30 17:35 5m 450
BJY Bangalbaree 17:51 17:53 2m 460
KAJ Kaliyanganj 18:08 18:10 2m 470
RDP Radhikapur 19:00 end — 482

What 13053’s schedule looks like

Its longest run without a stop is 68 km and 0h 54m from Bandel (BDC) to Bardhaman (BWN). The next longest is 51 km and 0h 41m from Bardhaman (BWN) to Bolpur S Niktn (BHP).

2 of its 19 intermediate stops are booked for five minutes or more, the longest of them 10 minutes at Malda Town (MLDT), 5 minutes at Raiganj (RGJ). The briefest stop is 2 minutes at Bandel (BDC).

It passes its own halfway mark of 241 km at Murarai (MRR), stop number 9 of 21, and is booked to stand at its stops for 49 minutes in all, 8% of the 10h 05m journey.

Its quickest booked leg is Nalhati Jn (NHT) to Murarai (MRR), 17 km at an average of 102 km/h.

After Howrah Jn it calls first at Bandel (BDC), Bardhaman (BWN), Bolpur S Niktn (BHP), Prantik (PNE) and Sainthia (SNT).

Its last stops before Radhikapur are Azamnagar Road (AZR), Barsoi Jn (BOE), Raiganj (RGJ), Bangalbaree (BJY) and Kaliyanganj (KAJ).

Its stops are not evenly spread: 7 of the 19 fall in the first half of the distance and 12 in the second.

The busiest stations on its route are Howrah Jn (HWH), where 704 trains call, Bardhaman (BWN), where 349 trains call, Bandel (BDC), where 339 trains call.

How these are counted.

Other trains that share 13053’s route

From 13053’s halt rows, not its name. Trains without a page here are left out.

Reservation chart and seat availability

13053 is booked out of Howrah Jn at 08:55, which puts it under rule RB-16.12.2025-A: its first reservation chart is expected at about 20:00 on the day before the journey. How we work this out.

A target, not a guarantee

It assumes 13053 is charted at Howrah Jn. The rule is press-reported: no circular number has been located, and the first report covered one zone. Preparation can be later. The circulars, the second chart and what is still unsettled.

Check live seat availability for 13053 — Howrah Jn to Radhikapur, fetched when you ask and never stored here (how).

Where this came from

Every time and distance above is read from timetable version , and from nothing else. Where the timetable data comes from.

The 20:00 above comes from a published railway order, worked out, never observed.