Kamrup Express

Kamrup Express

Overview
Service type	Express
First service	1 May 1972; 49 years ago (1972-05-01)
Current operator(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway
Route
Start	Howrah (HWH)
Stops	54
End	Dibrugarh (DBRG)
Distance travelled	1,532 km (952 mi)
Average journey time	35 hours 55 minutes
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	15959 / 15960.
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper class, Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Available (paid)
Baggage facilities	Available
Technical
Rolling stock	LHB coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Operating speed	Avg. Speed – 43 km/hr
Route map

The 15959 / 15960 Kamrup Express is a daily express train which connects Howrah (Kolkata) in West Bengal with Dibrugarh, a major town in upper Assam. Originally the train ran between Howrah and Guwahati (which is the district headquarters of Kamrup district, Assam), hence the name. Later it was extended to Dibrugarh Town after the successful conversion of Guwahati–Lumding–Dibrugarh from meter gauge to broad gauge. The train belongs to Northeast Frontier Railway of Indian Railways and is operated by Tinsukia division of NF Railway. The train is numbered as 15959/15960.

Schedule[]

15959 departs Howrah every day at 18:00 hrs. and reaches Dibrugarh on the day following the day after, at 05:55 in the morning, covering a distance of 1532 km in 35 hrs 55 mins with an average moving speed of 43 km/h. The train has an extended halt at Guwahati arriving at 15:35 hrs.^[1]

15960 departs Dibrugarh every day at 18:20 hrs. and reaches Howrah at 6:00 hrs. on the day following the day after, covering a distance of 1532 km in 35 hrs and 40 min with an average moving speed of 43 km/h. It has an extended halt at Guwahati and departs at 7:45 in the morning next day for Howrah.^[2]

Route & Halts[]

WEST BENGAL

1. Howrah (Starts)
2. Bandel Junction
3. Ambika Kalna
4. Nabadwip Dham
5. Katwa Junction
6. Salar
7. Khagraghat Road
8. Azimganj Junction
9. Jangipur Road
10. Nimtita
11. Dhulian Ganga
12. New Farakka Junction
13. Malda Town
14. Samsi
15. Harischandrapur
16. Aluabari Road Junction
17. New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri)
18. Jalpaiguri Road
19. New Maynaguri
20. Dhupguri
21. Falakata
22. New Cooch Behar Junction
23. New Alipurduar
24. Kamakhyaguri

BIHAR

1. Kishanganj

NAGALAND

1. Dimapur

ASSAM

1. New Bongaigaon Junction
2. Sarbhog
3. Barpeta Road
4. Pathsala
5. Tihu
6. Nalbari
7. Rangiya Junction
8. Kamakhya Junction
9. Guwahati
10. Chaparmukh Junction
11. Hojai
12. Lanka
13. Diphu
14. Lumding Junction
15. Sarupathar
16. Barpathar
17. Furkating Junction
18. Mariani Junction
19. Amguri
20. Simaluguri
21. Bhojo
22. Namrup
23. Naharkatiya
24. Duliajan
25. New Tinsukia Junction
26. Dibrugarh (Ends)

Change in Route[]

Since Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express is a daily train, but between Rangiya and Dibrugarh of Assam, all other days the train uses the Lumding–Dibrugarh section via Kamakhya-Guwahati route, but the Monday and Thursday departed train from Howrah uses the Rangiya–Murkongselek section route which runs via Bogibeel Bridge, the route is as follows:

1. Rangiya Junction
2. Tangla
3. Udalguri
4. Rangapara North Junction
5. Viswanath Charali
6. Harmuti
7. North Lakhimpur
8. Dhemaji
9. Dibrugarh

Coach composition[]

The train has LHB rakes with max speed of 130 kmph. However, it has a MPS of 110 km/h due to section conditions.

The train has both AC and non AC accommodation, and one pantry car

• 1 AC II Tier
• 3 AC III Tier
• 11 Sleeper coaches
• 3 General
• 1 Pantry car
• 2 Generator car

Loco	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
	EOG	GEN	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10	S11	PC	B1	B2	B3	A1	GEN	GEN	EOG	HCPV

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Locomotive[]

It is hauled by a Siliguri-based WDP-4D locomotive from Dibrugarh to New Cooch Behar and a Howrah-based WAP-7 locomotive completes the journey from New Cooch Behar to Howrah Junction and vice-versa.

References[]

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