The 12559 / 12560 Shiva Ganga Superfast Express is a daily Superfast Express train of the North Eastern Railway Zone. It runs between and , named after the two jewels of Varanasi: Shiva and the Ganges river.
The two main cities along the route are Prayagraj and Kanpur. It is the best train to travel from New Delhi to Banaras and vice versa. As of October 2025 Shivganga Express's timetable is scheduled to overtake 5+ premium SF and mail express trains and hence Shiv Ganga Express along with Lucknow Mail, Shram Shakti Express, Prayagraj Express and Shaan-e-Bhopal Express has highest priority all over the route.
In September 2017, a major disaster was averted by alert gangmen after the train was decoupled from the coaches.
<br /> From Banaras to New Delhi it starts with number 12559 and time table is as: <br/>
From New Delhi to Banaras it starts with number 12560 and time table is as: <br />
People have to take an advanced reservation ticket to travel in the train except for the general class. It records a rush of passengers throughout the year in both peak as well as non-peak period. Because of its comfortable time of arrival and departure, it is fairly popular among masses.
This train has 22 coaches between Banaras Station to New Delhi station.
1 AC 1 Tier Coach (H1)<br> 2 AC 2 Tier Coach (A1-A2)<br> 9 AC 3 Tier Coach (B1-B9)<br> 5 Sleeper class Coach (S1-S5)<br> 3 General compartments (unreserved)<br> 1 SLR<br> 1 EOG<br>
Coach composition for 12559 BSBS-NDLS Shiv Ganga Express:
Coach composition for 12560 NDLS-BSBS Shiv Ganga Express:
It takes around 10 hours 7 minutes to cover its journey of with an average speed of .