The Cachar Express was a daily

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overnight

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from (nearest

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rail link of

Silchar Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is located south east of Guwahati. It was founded by Captain Thomas Fisher in 1832 when he shifted the headquarters of Cachar to Janiganj in Silchar. ...

) to Silchar (second largest city of

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) and vice versa, both stations are situated in the Indian state of Assam. The train was numbered as 15691 and 15692 respectively. The train service is suspended now as the route in which it used to run is now converted from metre gauge to broad gauge.

Information

Originally, these trains ran between

Guwahati Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...

(capital of the state

) and

but after conversion of metre-gauge line of Guwahati–Lumding to broad gauge, the originating and ending station of these train had changed. This train was the first option for the passengers, who were willing to travel by train between Silchar and Guwahati, as it was an overnight train. There was another train on that section, the Barak Valley Express; although this latter train was named Express, it used to run with a status of passenger train in its last days. Cachar Express used to depart Lumding as 15691 at 20:15 and from Silchar as 15692 at 19:15. The train used to cover a distance of 212 km in 12 hours in its up and down journey with an average moving speed of 18 km/hr. The train was hauled by the YDM-4 class of Lumding metre-gauge diesel loco shed locomotive. 15692 used to be connected with two locos, one in front and another in the rear for pulling and pushing its way to the height of Barail Range, from Harangajao to

Jatinga Jatinga (Pron: ʤʌˈtɪŋgə or ʤæˈtɪŋgə ), a village on a ridge, is located in Dima Hasao district, Assam, India. It is south of Guwahati The village is inhabited by about 2,500 Khasi-Pnar people and a few Assamese. Jatinga, Assam h ...

. The important halts of Cachar Express were , Lower Haflong, Maibang, Old Harangajao, Jatinga Haflong Hill, and . It had a length of 11 coaches with all non-AC accommodation; SL (6) GN (3) SLR (2). The train used to pass through 36 tunnels in Barail Range made during the British era. Now this entire route is converted to broad gauge. The broad-gauge predecessor for this train is the 15944 Barak–Brahmaputra Express.

Major halts

*; Start * Maibang * Lower Haflong * Haflong Hill *

* Old Harangajao * * * *; End

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cachar Express Transport in Silchar Transport in Guwahati Defunct trains in India Rail transport in Assam