The ''Kamrup Express'' is a daily Express train which connects

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, a major town in upper

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. Originally the train ran between Howrah and

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(which is the district headquarters of

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from meter gauge to broad gauge.Now the train has been divided in 2 pairs respectively with two routes.1.15959/60 runs Via GHY-LMG-DBRG.2.15961/62 runs via RNY-RPAN-NLP-DBRG through Bogibeel Bridge Vice-Versa. The train belongs to

Northeast Frontier Railway The Northeast Frontier Railway (abbreviated NFR) is one of the Zones and divisions of Indian Railways, 19 railway zones of the Indian Railways. It is headquartered in Maligaon, Guwahati in the state of Assam, and responsible for operation and e ...

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and is operated by Tinsukia division of NF Railway. The train is numbered as 15959/15960. 15961/15962

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. 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.

Route & Halts

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Change in Route

Since Dibrugarh-Howrah Kamrup Express is a daily train, but between and of

, all other days the train uses the

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via - route, but the Monday and Thursday departed train from uses the

Rangiya–Murkongselek section The Rangiya-Murkongselek section is a long railway line connecting Rangiya in Kamrup district with Murkongselek in Dhemaji district in the Indian state of Assam. The entire section is under the jurisdiction of Northeast Frontier Railway. Hi ...

route which runs via

Bogibeel Bridge The Bogibeel Bridge is a combined road and rail bridge over the Brahmaputra River in the northeastern Indian state of Assam between Dhemaji district and Dibrugarh district, which was started in the year 2002 and took a total of 200 months to ...

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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

Locomotive

It is hauled by a

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WDP-4D The EMD GT46PAC or WDP4 is a passenger-hauling diesel-electric locomotive with AC electric transmission designed by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and built by both GM-EMD and under license by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) of Varanasi, ...

locomotive from to and an

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locomotive completes the journey from to and vice versa.

References

Transport in Dibrugarh Transport in Guwahati Named passenger trains of India Rail transport in Assam Rail transport in Nagaland Railway services introduced in 1972 Express trains in India {{India-express-train-stub