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{{short description|Train in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox rail service
| name = Assam Mail
| type = Mail train
| locale =
| first =
| last =
| operator =
| ridership =
| start = {{stnlnk|Santahar Junction}} (pre-independence) [[Delhi Junction railway station|Delhi]] (post-independence)
| stops =
| end = [[Amingaon]] (pre-independence) [[Guwahati railway station|Guwahati]](later extended to {{stnlnk|Dibrugarh}} in the post-independence era)
| distance = {{convert|506.7|km|mi}}(pre-independence) {{convert|2601|km|mi}}(post-independence)
| journeytime =
| frequency = Daily
| class = General, Sleeper, 3A, 2A, 1A
| seating =
| sleeping = yes
| autorack =
| catering = Pantry car On-board catering E-catering.(post-independence)
| observation =
| entertainment =
| baggage =
| otherfacilities=
| stock =
| gauge = {{track gauge|1000mm}} {{track gauge|1676mm}}
| old_train number = 3 Up/4 Dn
| new_train number = (15955 Up/15956 Dn [[Brahmaputra Mail]])
| speed = {{convert|36|kph|mph}}(pre-1947) {{convert|50|kph|mph}} [[Brahmaputra Mail]] (post-independence)
| map = {{Assam Mail Route Chart (pre-1947)}}{{Assam Mail Route Chart (post-1962)}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}
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 [[Track gauge conversion|broad-gauge conversion]] of the metre-gauge line to [[Dibrugarh]].

==3 Up/ 4 Dn==

Popularly known as 3 Up/ 4 Dn ([[Kalka Mail]] was 1 Up/ 2 Dn), it originally ran in the pre-independence days from {{stnlnk|Santahar Junction}}, now in Bangladesh, to Guwahati.<ref name=assam>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/articles/isrs/fnrm3-fame-name.html |title = Trains of fame and locos with a name – Part 2| publisher= [[IRFCA]]| access-date = 2012-01-28 }}</ref> It travelled along the [[Santahar–Kaunia line]] up to [[Kaunia Upazila|Kaunia]], then to {{stnlnk|Lalmonirhat}} along [[Burimari–Lalmonirhat–Parbatipur line|Parbatipur–Lalmonirhat–Burimari line]], crossing the [[Teesta River|Teesta]]. Thereafter, it took the now-defunct {{stnlnk|Mogalhat}}–{{stnlnk|Gitaldaha}} route crossing the [[Dharla River|Dharla]] over the bridge, part of which has since been washed away, on to {{stnlnk|Golokganj}}, {{stnlnk|Fakiragram Junction}} and [[Amingaon]] covering {{convert|506.7|km|mi}} in 14 hrs 00 mins at speed of {{convert|36|kph|mph}}.

Passengers to and from Kolkata and the rest of India traveled between Kolkata and Santahar by broad-gauge [[Darjeeling Mail]] or some other connection and then switched over to metre-gauge Assam Mail.<ref name=assam/>

==Post Independence==

After independence and [[partition of India]] in 1947, the train travel to Assam stopped temporarily (possibly till 1957). When Assam Link Project connected {{stnlnk|Fakiragram}} to {{stnlnk|Kishanganj}} Assam Mail started running along the [[Katihar–Siliguri line]]. It needed a loco reversal at {{stnlnk|Siliguri Junction}} and traveled along what is now the [[New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line]]. Assam Mail was converted into a two part train. It ran from {{stnlnk|New Delhi}} to {{stnlnk|Dibrugarh}} (after [[Rajendra Setu]] and [[Saraighat Bridge]] came up), with the broad gauge part running up to [[Barauni Junction railway station|Barauni]] from where the metre gauge part continued up to Dibrugarh. Passengers had to get down at Barauni and change trains.<ref name=assam/>

The metre gauge part of the Assam Mail from Barauni to Dibrugarh covered {{convert|1369|km|mi}}. It was one of the longer metre gauge runs in the country, running across the flood plains of the [[Kosi River|Kosi]], the [[Dooars]], [[Western Assam]] and finally [[Upper Assam]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-trivia.html |title = Trivia| work=Metre Gauge Notes| publisher= [[IRFCA]]| access-date = 2012-01-28 }}</ref> In 1986, when the Barauni–Guwahati line was converted into broad gauge the Assam Mail was renamed as the [[Brahmaputra Mail]] & rerouted via [[Kanpur]], [[Patna]], [[Bhagalpur]], [[Malda Town]], {{stnlnk|Kishanganj}}, New Jaipaiguri, {{stnlnk|Fakiragram Junction}}, [[Guwahati]], [[Lumding]] & [[Tinsukia]] covering {{convert|2601|km|mi}} in 52 hrs 00 mins at speed of {{convert|50|kph|mph}}.<ref name=assam /> A new Superfast train named [[North East Express]] was introduced via [[Kanpur]], [[Patna]], [[Barauni Junction railway station|Barauni]], {{stnlnk|Kishanganj}}, Fakiragram Junction, covering {{convert|1890|km|mi}} between {{stnlnk|New Delhi}} & [[Guwahati railway station|Guwahati]] in 33 hrs 15 mins at speed of {{convert|57|kph|mph}}.

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Assam}}
{{Historical trains in India}}
{{Railways in Eastern India}}
{{Railways in Northern India}}

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[[Category:Transport in Delhi]]
[[Category:Transport in Guwahati]]
[[Category:Transport in Dibrugarh]]
[[Category:Named passenger trains of India]]
[[Category:Defunct trains in India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Delhi]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Assam]]
[[Category:Rail transport in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Bihar]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Uttar Pradesh]]

Assam Mail - Revision history

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