Khurda Road Jn to Kharagpur KUR KGP EXP 18022 timing
KUR KGP EXP (18022) runs from Khurda Road Jn to Kharagpur. It departs from Khurda Road Jn station (KUR) at from platform 7 and arrives at Kharagpur Jn station (KGP) at on platform 5. KUR KGP EXP takes 24 hrs to cover the distance of 363 km between Khurda Road Jn and Kharagpur. It is a non-superfast train. The average speed of this train is 15.125 kmph. It has classes Chair Car (CC) and Second Seater (2S). This train runs daily. Final chart for KUR KGP EXP is prepared at Khurda Road Jn usually 3-4 hours before train departure time.
KUR KGP EXP 18022 coach position
KUR KGP EXP runs with an ICF Rake and has a total of 16 coaches. It has 1 ac chair car coach and 3 non-ac chair car coaches. The full coach composition is:
Kharagpur is located in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal. It is best known for housing the most prestigious technical university that is the Indian Institute of technology. IIT Kharagpur is one of the highest calibre universities of India. The city gets its name from the deity of Khargeswar temple. People say that this was the place where Hidimba demon of the Mahabharatha had lived. It was part of the Hijli Kingdom which was situated on the banks of Rasulpur River. You can visit Kahler Bonpatna, this is a very old temple of Lord Ram. As per local legend, earlier there was a Gold idol of Sri Ram was worshipped. But its idols were stolen twice, now local people put metal Brigraha(idol) inside the temple. You can reach Kharagpur by road and railways. It is a major railway junction in the South Eastern Railway Zone. The station is connected to all major cities of India. The nearest airport is Netaji Subhash Chandra airport in Kolkata (CCU) which is 111 km away.
