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{{ Infobox rail service
| name = Brahmaputra Mail
|image = File:Brahmaputra mail.jpg
|caption = Brahmaputra Mail train board
| image_width =
| type = [[Express trains in India|Express]]
| status = Permanently cancelled between {{rws|Dibrugarh}} and {{rws|Kamakhya}} on 19/12/2020
| first = {{start date and age|df=yes|1974|10|01}}
| last =
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway Zone|Northeast Frontier Railways]]
| start = [[Kamakhya railway station|Kamakhya]] '''(KYQ)'''
| stops = 41
| end = [[Old Delhi railway station|Old Delhi]] '''(DLI)'''
| distance = {{convert|2033|km|0|abbr=on}}
| journeytime = 37 hours 55 minutes
| frequency = Daily
| class = 1st AC, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper Class, Unreserved
| seating = Yes
| sleeping = Yes
| catering = Available
| observation = Large windows
| stock = [[LHB Coaches]]
| otherfacilities =
| baggage = Available
| gauge = {{RailGauge|1676mm}}<br>[[Broad Gauge]]
| trainnumber = 15955 / 15956
| speed = {{convert|54|km/h|0|abbr=on}} average including halts.
| map = [[File:Brahmaputra Mail (Dibrugarh - Delhi) Express Route map.jpg|300px]]
}}

The 15955 / 15956 '''Brahmaputra Mail''' is a daily train that connects [[Old Delhi]] with [[Dibrugarh]] (an important town in upper [[Assam]]). Introduced in 1972 after the construction of the rail section of the [[Farakka Barrage]], the train originally ran as the Tinsukia Mail between [[Delhi Junction]] railway station and New Bongaigaon railway stations, with onward meter gauge connection by a train of the same name numbered as 7Up and 8Dn to [[Guwahati]] and [[Tinsukia]] in the Indian state of [[Assam]]. The train was renamed the Brahmaputra Mail after the successful [[gauge conversion]] of the New Bongaigaon- [[Dibrugarh]] meter gauge lines to broad gauge. W.E.F. 20/12/2020 this train will run between {{stnlnk|Kamakhya Junction}} '''(KYQ)''' & [[Old Delhi railway station|Old Delhi]] '''(DLI)''' & to be permanently cancelled between {{stnlnk|Kamakhya Junction}} '''(KYQ)''' & [[Dibrugarh railway station|Dibrugarh]] '''(DBRG)'''

==Services==
Originally ran as 155 dn by 156 up it was originally started by Northeast Frontier Railway which is called NFR in short. Later on, the primary maintenance was transferred to the Delhi Division of the Northern Railway and ran under the numbers 14056up by 14055 dn. The train recently got LHB rake and the primary maintenance went back to NFR with Dibrugarh being the maintenance station. Once the pride of NFR with neon lights in its first class compartments and has eight cushioned sleeper class coaches in the 1970s, the train went to a sharp decline both in priority and facilities with conditioning of its rake worsening. However, with the new LHB rake trying to get its lost glory back. The up train belongs to [[Northeast Frontier Railway Zone]]. Northeast Frontier Railways decided it will be running as 15955/15956 Brahmaputra Mail from 9 December 2019.<ref name="notice_renumbering">{{cite web |title=Renumbering of 14055/14056 Delhi Jn.-Dibrugarh-Delhi Jn. Brahmaputra Mail as 15955/15956 Dibrugarh-Delhi Jn.-Dibrugarh Brahmaputra Mail from 09.12.2019 |url=https://nr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=7125&did=1575889883894D568B2EB070090552DB222A689CA81C8 |website=[[Northern Railway Zone (India)|Northern Railway]] |accessdate=13 December 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213104938/https://nr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=7125&did=1575889883894D568B2EB070090552DB222A689CA81C8 |archivedate=13 December 2019 |date=13 December 2019}}</ref>

==Schedule==
*'''15955''' departs [[Dibrugarh railway station|Dibrugarh]] every day at 23:25 and arrives at [[Delhi Junction]] at 6:05 on the fourth day from departure (e.g.:the train which departs Dibrugarh on Thursday at 23:25 would arrive at Delhi on Sunday at 6:05) covering a distance of {{convert|2596|km|0|abbr=on}} in 54 hrs and 40 mins with an average moving speed of {{convert|48|kph}}
*'''15956''' departs [[Old Delhi]] every day at 23:40 and reaches [[Dibrugarh]] at 4:25 on the fourth day (e.g.: the train departing DLI at 23:40 on Thursday would reach DBRT on Sunday early morning at 4:25) covering a total distance of {{convert|2596|km|0|abbr=on}} in 52 hrs and 45 mins with an average moving speed of {{convert|48|kph}}<ref name="indiarailinfo">{{cite web|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/train/225|title=Brahmaputra Mail|publisher=indiarailinfo.com|accessdate=11 October 2015}}</ref> But W.E.F. 20/12/2020, this train will run between {{stnlnk|Kamakhya Junction}} '''(KYQ)''' & [[Old Delhi railway station|Old Delhi]] '''(DLI)''' covering {{convert|2025|km|0|abbr=on}} in 38 hrs 00 mins on the 3rd day as '''15955''' (e.g.: the train departing KYQ at 14.35 hrs on Thursday would reach DLI on Saturday early morning at 04:35 hrs) with an average moving speed of {{convert|53|kph}}. In return the train will run between [[Old Delhi railway station|Old Delhi]] '''(DLI)''' & {{stnlnk|Kamakhya Junction}} '''(KYQ)''' covering {{convert|2025|km|0|abbr=on}} in 38 hrs 00 mins on the 3rd day as '''15956''' (e.g.: the train departing DLI at 23:40 hrs on Thursday would reach KYQ on Saturday afternoon at 13.40 hrs) with an average moving speed of {{convert|53|kph}}

==Coach composition==
The train has both AC and Non AC class of accommodation. The composition of this train is
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
||LOCO||EOG||RMS||UR||A1||B4||B3||B2||B1||PC||S11||S10||S9||S8||S7||S6||S5||S4||S3||S2||S1||UR||EOG||
|}
1st General coach runs as locked (for RMS use) .

==Locomotive==
The train is hauled by a [[Electric Loco Shed, Ghaziabad|Ghaziabad]] based [[WAP 5]] / [[WAP 7]] locomotive from {{rws|Old Delhi}} to {{rws|New Cooch Behar}}. From {{rws|New Cooch Behar}} to {{rws|Kamakhya}} the train is usually hauled by a [[Siliguri Junction|Siliguri]] based [[WDP 4]] / [[WDP 4|WDP 4B]] / [[WDP 4|WDP 4D]] locomotive and vice versa.

After full electrification, this train will run end to end from {{rws|Old Delhi}} to {{rws|Kamakhya}} hauled by a [[Electric Loco Shed, Ghaziabad|Ghaziabad]] based [[WAP 5]] / [[WAP 7]] locomotive.

==Route & Halts==

The train is runs from {{rws|Kamakhya}} via {{rws|Rangiya}}, {{rws|Barpeta Road}}, {{rws|New Bongaigaon}}, {{rws|New Alipurduar}}, {{rws|New Cooch Behar}}, {{rws|New Jalpaiguri}}, {{rws|Kishanganj}}, {{rws|Malda Town}}, {{rws|Barharwa}}, {{rws|Sahibganj}}, {{rws|Bhagalpur}}, {{rws|Jamalpur}}, {{rws|Kiul}}, {{rws|Patna Junction}}, {{rws|Ara}} {{rws|Mughalsarai Junction||Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Jn.}}, {{rws|Mirzapur}}, {{rws|Prayagraj Junction}}, {{rws|Kanpur Central}}, {{rws|Tundla}}, {{rws|Aligarh Junction}} to {{rws|Old Delhi}}.<ref>https://indiarailinfo.com/blog/post/4802006</ref>

==Trivia==
* This is one of the oldest running trains of this zone. This train is known for its amount of defense personnel using this train.
* This train was also involved in two major railway disasters in Indian History. One was the [[Brahmaputra Mail train bombing|bombing]] of the train between Kokrajhar and New Bongaigaon in December 1996 by Bodo Militants and second was the ''[[Gaisal train disaster|Gaisal Rail Disaster]]'', a head-on collision between [[Avadh Assam Express]] and Brahmaputra Mail.

==References==
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{{Historical trains in India}}
{{Railways in Northern India}}
{{Railway lines in Eastern India}}

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