Kolkata-Sairang Express

The Kolkata-Sairang Express is an Indian Railways express train that links Kolkata in West Bengal with Sairang in Aizawl district, Mizoram. It runs as train 13125 from Kolkata and 13126 from Sairang, and Wikipedia lists Eastern Railway as its operator.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the service by video conference on 13 September 2025, and commercial service began on 16 September 2025. It was one of three trains flagged off that day on the new Bairabi-Sairang line, which connects Aizawl to the Indian Railways network for the first time, according to Akashvani News. The train covers 1,485 km in about 31 hours 20 minutes, with 26 stops across West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Mizoram, and it runs three times a week in each direction, according to Wikipedia.

The train is in the news because six of its coaches derailed at Digaru railway station in Assam at around 6.54 am on 11 November 2026, as reported by IANS. Northeast Frontier Railway spokesperson Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said no casualties had been reported so far, while another outlet cited reports of at least three injured passengers. The cause was not immediately known.

Sources: Wikipedia, Akashvani News, Nation in Shorts report