About the oldest train of India- the Kalka Mail
Kalka Mail is the oldest service of the train from Indian Railways. This train starts from the Howrah railway station which is a famous and very much crowded station of Eastern Railways. It ends its journey at Kalka, located in Haryana. Kalka is the central station, or you can say it is the way to go the beautiful hill station of our country Shimla. Shimla is the capital of Himachal Pradesh.

This train started its journey in 1866, but that time the Kalka mail route was up to the capital city of India, Delhi. The journey of this train was extended to Kalka from Delhi in 1891. In earlier days, when India was under the control of the British, Shimla was the summer capital of the country. They started this Kalka Mail route for the smooth connectivity between Kolkata (Calcutta) and Shimla, the two capitals of them.
Depending on the historical value, this train was used in one of the great short stories of Satyajit Ray. The name of the story was “The mystery of Kalka Mail.” According to the plot of the story, three critical and instead central characters of the story were travelling to Delhi through this train.

The Coaches of the train:
The demand of the train indicates the number of coaches of the train. This train has a huge demand. Thus it has total 24 numbers of coaches along with 4 rakes. Kalka Mail has two general coaches, and two SLR coaches, 11 sleeper coaches, one 1st AC coach, three AC 2 tier, three AC 3 tier, a second class coach with seating arrangements and one coach is reserved for pantry car.
12311/12312 Kalka Mail Speed:
This train covers almost 1713 km distance from Howrah station to Kalka in its journey. The Kalka Mail speed is 115km/hr. While covering this long distance, Kalka Mail stops in 37 spots. Distance restriction is there for all the passengers on this train. All the passengers in AC coaches have to travel a minimum distance of 160 km. For the passengers of sleeper class coaches the restricted distance is 480 km.
The timings of the train:
Kalka Mail leaves Howrah station at 19:40 hrs and reaches the Kalka station at 4:30 hrs after two days. On its return journey, it starts from Kalka station at 23:55 and arrives Howrah at 7:55 hrs after two days. It takes almost 33 hrs to cover the entire distance between the two cities.
12311/12312 Kalka Mail Fare Information:
Class | 1A | 2A | 3A | SL |
Base Fare | 4169 | 2405 | 1634 | 630 |
Reservation Charges | 60 | 50 | 40 | 20 |
Super fast charges | 75 | 45 | 45 | 30 |
Fuel Charges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
GST | 216 | 125 | 86 | 0 |
Other Charges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Catering Charges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dynamic Fare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Fare | 4520 | 2625 | 1805 | 680 |
12311 Kalka Mail from Howrah to Kalka, Time table, Schedule and Route
Train Code | Station Name | Arrives | Departs | PlatForm No. |
HWH | Howrah Junction | Starts | 19:40 | 9 |
BWN | Barddhaman Junction | 20:49 | 20:54 | 1 |
DGR | Durgapur | 21:41 | 21:43 | 3 |
ASN | Asansol Junction | 22:17 | 22:22 | 4 |
DHN | Dhanbad Junction | 23:26 | 23:36 | 3 |
GMO | Netaji SC Bose Junction Gomoh | 00:05 | 00:15 | 3 |
PNME | Parasnath | 00:29 | 00:31 | 3 |
HZD | Hazaribagh Road | 00:53 | 00:55 | — |
KQR | Koderma Junction | 01:28 | 01:30 | 4 |
GAYA | Gaya Junction | 02:55 | 03:00 | 1 |
DOS | Dehri On Sone | 03:55 | 03:57 | 0 |
SSM | Sasaram Junction | 04:11 | 04:13 | 2 |
BBU | Bhabua Road | 04:43 | 04:45 | — |
MGS | Mughal Sarai Junction | 06:15 | 06:30 | — |
MZP | Mirzapur | 07:35 | 07:40 | 3 |
ALD | Allahabad Junction | 09:00 | 09:10 | 1 |
FTP | Fatehpur | 10:55 | 10:58 | 3 |
CNB | Kanpur Central | 12:25 | 12:35 | 1 |
PHD | Phaphund | 13:42 | 13:44 | 3 |
ETW | Etawah Junction | 14:28 | 14:30 | 1 |
SKB | Shikohabad Junction | 15:09 | 15:11 | 3 |
FZD | Firozabad | 15:33 | 15:35 | 3 |
TDL | Tundla Junction | 16:10 | 16:18 | 1,2 |
HRS | Hathras Junction | 16:51 | 16:53 | 2 |
ALJN | Aligarh Junction | 17:20 | 17:25 | 4 |
KRJ | Khurja Junction | 17:55 | 17:58 | 2 |
GZB | Ghaziabad Junction | 20:00 | 20:02 | 3 |
DLI | Old Delhi Junction | 20:45 | 21:35 | 5 |
SZM | Sabzi Mandi | 21:46 | 21:48 | 1 |
SNP | Sonipat Junction | 22:20 | 22:22 | 2 |
GNU | Ganaur | 22:35 | 22:37 | 2 |
SMK | Samalkha | 22:49 | 22:51 | 2 |
PNP | Panipat Junction | 23:07 | 23:09 | 4 |
KUN | Karnal | 23:37 | 23:39 | 2 |
KKDE | Kurukshetra Junction | 00:35 | 00:37 | 1 |
UMB | Ambala Cantt. Junction | 02:10 | 02:20 | 7 |
CDG | Chandigarh Junction | 03:00 | 03:50 | 3 |
CNDM | Chandi Mandir | 04:04 | 04:05 | 1 |
KLK | Kalka | 04:30 | Ends | 1 |
12312 Kalka Mail from Kalka to Howrah, Time table, Schedule and Route
Train Code | Station Name | Arrives | Departs | PlatForm No. |
KLK | Kalka | Starts | 23:55 | 1 |
CNDM | Chandi Mandir | 00:10 | 00:12 | 1 |
CDG | Chandigarh Junction | 00:25 | 01:10 | 2 |
UMB | Ambala Cantt. Junction | 02:00 | 02:20 | 2 |
KKDE | Kurukshetra Junction | 02:53 | 02:55 | 2 |
KUN | Karnal | 03:21 | 03:23 | 1 |
PNP | Panipat Junction | 03:52 | 03:54 | 1 |
SMK | Samalkha | 04:07 | 04:09 | 1 |
GNU | Ganaur | 04:21 | 04:23 | 1 |
SNP | Sonipat Junction | 04:40 | 04:42 | 1 |
ANDI | Adarsh Nagar | 05:09 | 05:11 | 0 |
SZM | Sabzi Mandi | 05:43 | 05:45 | 2 |
DLI | Old Delhi Junction | 06:30 | 07:00 | 0 |
GZB | Ghaziabad Junction | 07:48 | 07:50 | 2 |
KRJ | Khurja Junction | 08:41 | 08:44 | 3 |
ALJN | Aligarh Junction | 09:28 | 09:33 | 2,3 |
HRS | Hathras Junction | 09:55 | 09:57 | 1 |
TDL | Tundla Junction | 10:45 | 10:50 | 3 |
FZD | Firozabad | 11:03 | 11:05 | 2 |
SKB | Shikohabad Junction | 11:25 | 11:30 | 2 |
ETW | Etawah Junction | 11:54 | 11:56 | 3 |
PHD | Phaphund | 12:48 | 12:50 | 2 |
CNB | Kanpur Central | 14:20 | 14:25 | 1 |
FTP | Fatehpur | 15:28 | 15:30 | 2 |
ALD | Allahabad Junction | 17:10 | 17:20 | 6 |
MZP | Mirzapur | 18:33 | 18:35 | 2 |
MGS | Mughal Sarai Junction | 20:10 | 20:25 | — |
BBU | Bhabua Road | 21:01 | 21:02 | 3 |
SSM | Sasaram Junction | 21:34 | 21:35 | 3 |
DOS | Dehri On Sone | 21:50 | 21:52 | 4 |
GAYA | Gaya Junction | 23:08 | 23:13 | 3 |
KQR | Koderma Junction | 00:35 | 00:37 | 3 |
HZD | Hazaribagh Road | 01:10 | 01:12 | — |
PNME | Parasnath | 01:56 | 01:58 | 4 |
GMO | Netaji SC Bose Junction Gomoh | 02:40 | 02:50 | 2 |
DHN | Dhanbad Junction | 03:15 | 03:25 | 1 |
ASN | Asansol Junction | 04:31 | 04:36 | 5 |
DGR | Durgapur | 05:06 | 05:10 | 4 |
BWN | Barddhaman Junction | 06:28 | 06:33 | 5 |
HWH | Howrah Junction | 07:55 | Ends | 9,14 |
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