Nagaon Express (earlier Tambaram–Silghat Town Express), is a weekly Express train belonging to

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that connects Silghat Town of

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

and in the South Indian metropolis of

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. The train was extended to Tambaram on a trial basis from August 2017. The train was also extended from Guwahati to Silghat Town. This train holds the record of 30th longest train service of Indian Railways.

Time-Table

Train No. 15629 from Tambaram to Silghat Town.
The train leaves Tambaram (TBM) on every Monday at 9:45 P.M. and arrives Silghat Town (SHTT) on Thursday at 9:45 A.M. traversing a distance of 2965 kilometers in 60 hours. Train no. 15630 from Silghat Town to Tambaram.
The train leaves Silghat Town (SHTT) on every Friday at 8:30 A.M. and arrives Tambaram (TBM) on Sunday at 20:50 P.M. traversing a distance of 2965 kilometres in 60 hours & 20 minutes.

Major halts

The train travels the total distance of 2798 kilometres in 55 hours. The major halts of this train are as follows- TAMIL NADU (02 stops) # (Starts) # . ANDHRA PRADESH (06 stops) # # # # # # . ODISHA (05 stops) # # # # # . WEST BENGAL (17 stops) # # # # # # # # # # # # # New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri) # # # # . JHARKHAND (02 stops) # # . BIHAR (02 stops) # # . ASSAM (13 stops) # # # # # # #

Jagiroad Jagiroad is a place located in Mayong Sub-Division, in Morigaon district of Assam state, India. It includes a paper mill (NPM) and World's biggest dry fish market. It was earlier known as Nakhola, but in British Rule of India, due to frequent ...

# # Senchoa #

Nagaon Nagaon (previously Nowgong; Assamese নগাঁও), is a town and a municipal board in Nagaon district in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated east of Guwahati. History This division was organised on the both banks of Kalang river ...

# Amoni # Jakhalabandha #

Silghat Silghat is a town located on the southern banks of the Brahmaputra, in Nagaon district in the Indian state of Assam. It is 48 km northeast of Nagaon. With a river and hills, the scenic beauty of Silghat attracts local and visitors throughou ...

(Ends). Note: Bold letters indicates Major Railway Stations/Major Cities.

Traction

The train is hauled by

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Locomotive of

Electric Loco Shed, Erode Electric Loco Shed, Erode is one of the premiere engine sheds located in Erode in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located along the Jolarpettai–Coimbatore line, about 1 km to the east of , under the administrative control of Sale ...

from to . From to , the train is hauled by

locomotive of

Electric Loco Shed, Visakhapatnam Electric Loco Shed, Visakhapatnam is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Visakhapatnam of the East Coast Railway zone in Andhra Pradesh, India. ...

. Again from to the train is hauled by

WAP-4 The Indian locomotive class WAP-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1993 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) ...

Locomotive of

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. Finally from to Silghat Town the train is hauled by

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, ...

WDP-4 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 ...

WDP-4B 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 of

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and vice versa.

References

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Time-Table

Major halts

Traction

See also

References