The Kulik Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between Howrah Junction and Radhikapur in India. It is currently being operated with 13053/13054 train numbers on a daily basis.^[1][2]

Till 30 June 2019, it was run as Siuri Intercity Express up to Siuri.^[3] After 1 July 2019, it was extended to Radhikapur and named as Howrah–Radhikapur Express.^[4] And after some time on 25 April 2020, it was renamed as Kulik Express after the Kulik Bird Sanctuary of Raiganj.^[5]

This train has an average speed of 46 km/h and covers 487 km in 10 Hours 40 Minutes. The maximum permissible speed of this train is 110 km/h

Between Howrah Junction and Radhikapur this train stops at -

• Barddhaman Junction
• Bolpur Shantiniketan
• Prantik
• Sainthia Junction
• Rampurhat Junction
• Pakur
• New Farakka Junction
• Malda Town
• Samsi
• Barsoi Junction
• Raiganj
• Kaliyaganj

The train runs with Modern LHB Rake with max speed of 110 km/h. The train consists of 13 coaches:

• 1 AC Chair Car
• 5 Unreserved Chair Car
• 4 Reserved Chair Car
• 2 Deen dayalu coaches
• 2 Generators cum Luggage/parcel van

The schedule of this 13053/13054 Howrah–Radhikapur Kulik Express is given below:-

Both trains are hauled by a Howrah based WAP-5 or WAP-7 from Radhikapur to Howrah .

• Howrah Junction railway station
• Radhikapur railway station
• Howrah–Rampurhat Express
• Howrah–Balurghat Bi-Weekly Express
• Kolkata–Radhikapur Express

• 13053/Kulik Intercity Express
• 13054/Kulik Intercity Express