The 12504/12503 AgartalaâÂÂSMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express is the longest-running Humsafar Express and 7th longest train service of Indian Railways, It is a fully air conditioned express train, connecting Sir M. Visvesvaraya Terminal, Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka and Agartala railway station, Agartala, the capital city of Tripura via Guwahati, New Jalpaiguri, Malda Town, Rampurhat, Kharagpur . It is currently being operated with 12503/12504 train numbers on a weekly basis. The train runs through states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Tripura. On its journey the train also touches some parts of Jharkhand in Pakur district but does not have the stoppage there.
This train consists of sixteen AC III Tier coaches, one Pantry car and two Generator Power Car coaches. And it was hauled by WAG-5 or WAP-7 and WAP-4
Some important halts of this train are :
Guwahati, New Jalpaiguri, Malda Town, Rampurhat Junction, Kharagpur Junction, Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam Junction etc.
It averages 65 km/h as 12503 Humsafar Express starts on Tuesday and covers 3529 km in 64 hrs 35 mins and it averages 66 km/h as 12504 Humsafar Express starts on Saturday and covers 3529 km in 62 hrs 20mins.