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Assam Mail

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Train in India

Assam Mail
Overview
Service typeMail train
Route
TerminiSantahar Junction (pre-independence)
Delhi (post-independence)
Amingaon (pre-independence)
Guwahati(later extended toDibrugarh in the post-independence era)
Distance travelled506.7 kilometres (314.8 mi)(pre-independence)
2,601 kilometres (1,616 mi)(post-independence)
Service frequencyDaily
Train number
  • 3 Up/4 Dn (old)
On-board services
ClassesGeneral, Sleeper
Sleeping arrangementsyes
Catering facilitiesPantry car
On-board catering
E-catering.(post-independence)
Technical
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed36 kilometres per hour (22 mph)(pre-1947)
50 kilometres per hour (31 mph)North East Express (post-independence)
Route map
Pre-1947
km
ferry toGuwahati
acrossBrahmaputra
Amingaon
New Bongaigaon–Guwahati section
Bongaigaon
New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section
Fakiragram Junction
Golokganj
Gitaldaha
Mogalhat
Lalmonirhat
Burimari–Lalmonirhat–Parbatipur line
Kaunia
Santahar–Kaunia line
Santahar
Chilahati–Parbatipur–Santahar–Darshana line
Post-1962
km
Dibrugarh
Lumding–Dibrugarh section
Lumding Junction
Guwahati–Lumding section
Guwahati
New Bongaigaon–Guwahati section
New Bongaigaon
New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section
Fakiragram
New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line
Siliguri
Barauni–Guwahati line
Barauni
Mokama–Barauni section
Mokama
Howrah–Delhi main line
New Delhi

TheAssam Mail was one of the better knownmetre-gauge trains in theIndian Railways system that was there from the pre-independence days. The train was discontinued in 1986 with the completion of thebroad-gauge conversion of the metre-gauge line toDibrugarh.

3 Up/ 4 Dn

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Popularly known as 3 Up/ 4 Dn (Kalka Mail was 1 Up/ 2 Dn), it originally ran in the pre-independence days fromSantahar Junction, now in Bangladesh, to Guwahati.[1] It travelled along theSantahar–Kaunia line up toKaunia, then toLalmonirhat alongParbatipur–Lalmonirhat–Burimari line, crossing theTeesta. Thereafter, it took the now-defunctMogalhatGitaldaha route crossing theDharla over the bridge, part of which has since been washed away, on toGolokganj,Fakiragram Junction andAmingaon covering 506.7 kilometres (314.8 mi) in 14 hrs 00 mins at speed of 36 kilometres per hour (22 mph).

Passengers to and from Kolkata and the rest of India traveled between Kolkata and Santahar by broad-gaugeDarjeeling Mail or some other connection and then switched over to metre-gauge Assam Mail.[1]

Post Independence

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After independence andpartition of India in 1947, the train travel to Assam stopped temporarily (possibly till 1950). When Assam Link Project connectedFakiragram toKishanganj Assam Mail started running along theKatihar–Siliguri line. It needed a loco reversal atSiliguri Junction and traveled along what is now theNew Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line. Assam Mail was converted into a two part train. It ran fromNew Delhi toDibrugarh (afterRajendra Setu andSaraighat Bridge came up), with the broad gauge part running up toBarauni from where the metre gauge part continued up to Dibrugarh. Passengers had to get down at Barauni and change trains.[1]

The metre gauge part of the Assam Mail from Barauni to Dibrugarh covered 1,369 kilometres (851 mi). It was one of the longer metre gauge runs in the country, running across the flood plains of theKosi, theDooars,Western Assam and finallyUpper Assam.[2] In 1986, when the Barauni–Guwahati line was converted into broad gauge the Assam Mail was renamed as theNorth East Express.[1] The new Superfast trainNorth East Express was introduced viaKanpur,Patna,Barauni,Kishanganj, Fakiragram Junction, covering 1,890 kilometres (1,170 mi) betweenNew Delhi &Guwahati in 33 hrs 15 mins at speed of 57 kilometres per hour (35 mph).

References

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  1. ^abcd"Trains of fame and locos with a name – Part 2".IRFCA. Retrieved28 January 2012.
  2. ^"Trivia".Metre Gauge Notes.IRFCA. Retrieved28 January 2012.
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