Overview | |
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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 |
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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) |
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.
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