Assam Mail

Assam Mail

Overview
Service type	Mail train
Route
Termini	Santahar Junction (pre-independence) Delhi (post-independence) Amingaon (pre-independence) Guwahati(later extended to Dibrugarh in the post-independence era)
Distance travelled	506.7 kilometres (314.8 mi)(pre-independence) 2,601 kilometres (1,616 mi)(post-independence)
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	3 Up/4 Dn (old)
On-board services
Class(es)	General, Sleeper
Sleeping arrangements	yes
Catering facilities	Pantry car On-board catering E-catering.(post-independence)
Technical
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	36 kilometres per hour (22 mph)(pre-1947) 50 kilometres per hour (31 mph) Brahmaputra Mail (post-independence)
Route map Legend Pre-1947 km ferry to Guwahati across Brahmaputra 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 Legend 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

The Assam Mail was one of the better known metre-gauge trains in the Indian Railways system that was there from the pre-independence days. The train was discontinued in 1986 with the completion of the broad-gauge conversion of the metre-gauge line to Dibrugarh.