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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox rail service
| name = Kamrup Express
| image =
| image_width =
| caption = Kamrup Express train board
| type = [[Express trains in India|Express]]
| first = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1972|05|01}}
| status =
| locale =
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railway]]
| start = {{stnlnk|Howrah}} (HWH)
| stops = 54
| end = {{stnlnk|Dibrugarh}} (DBRG)
| distance = {{convert|1532|km|0|abbr=on}}
| journeytime = 35 hours 55 minutes
| frequency = Daily
| class = AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper class, Unreserved
| seating = Yes
| sleeping = Yes
| catering = Available (paid)
| baggage = Available
| stock = [[LHB coaches]]
| gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm}}<br>[[broad gauge]]
| trainnumber = 15959 / 15960.
|title=Train timings
| speed = Avg. Speed – 43 km/hr
| map = [[File:Kamrup Express (Dibrugarh - Howrah) Route map.jpg|300px]]
}}

The 15959 / 15960 '''Kamrup Express''' is a daily express train which connects [[Howrah]] ([[Kolkata]]) in [[West Bengal]] with [[Dibrugarh]], a major town in upper [[Assam]]. Originally the train ran between Howrah and [[Guwahati]] (which is the district headquarters of [[Kamrup district]], Assam), hence the name. Later it was extended to Dibrugarh Town after the successful conversion of [[Guwahati]]–[[Lumding]]–[[Dibrugarh]] from meter gauge to broad gauge. The train belongs to [[Northeast Frontier Railway]] of [[Indian Railways]] and is operated by [[Tinsukia railway division|Tinsukia division]] of NF Railway.
The train is numbered as 15959/15960.

==Schedule==
15959 departs Howrah every day at 18:00 hrs. and reaches Dibrugarh on the day following the day after, at 05:55 in the morning, covering a distance of 1532 km in 35 hrs 55 mins with an average moving speed of 43 km/h. The train has an extended halt at Guwahati arriving at 15:35 hrs.<ref name="indiarailinfo">{{cite web|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/train/907|title=Kamrup Express (HWH-DBRG)|publisher=indiarailinfo.com|accessdate=11 October 2015}}</ref>

15960 departs Dibrugarh every day at 18:20 hrs. and reaches Howrah at 6:00 hrs. on the day following the day after, covering a distance of 1532 km in 35 hrs and 40 min with an average moving speed of 43 km/h. It has an extended halt at Guwahati and departs at 7:45 in the morning next day for Howrah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/train/908|title=Kamrup Express (DBRG-HWH)|publisher=indiarailinfo.com|accessdate=11 October 2015}}</ref>

==Route & Halts==

* '''{{stnlnk|Howrah}}'''
* {{stnlnk|Bandel Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|Ambika Kalna}}
* {{stnlnk|Nabadwip Dham}}
* {{stnlnk|Katwa Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|Salar}}
* {{stnlnk|Azimganj Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|Nimtita}}
* {{stnlnk|New Farakka Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|Malda Town}}
* {{stnlnk|Kishanganj}}
* {{stnlnk|New Jalpaiguri Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|New Cooch Behar Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|New Alipurduar}}
* {{stnlnk|New Bongaigaon Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|Barpeta Road}}
* {{stnlnk|Rangiya Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|Guwahati}}
* {{stnlnk|Lumding Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|Dimapur}}
* {{stnlnk|Mariani Junction}}
* {{stnlnk|New Tinsukia Junction}}
* '''{{stnlnk|Dibrugarh}}'''

==Coach composition==

The train has LHB rakes with max speed of 130 kmph. However, it has a MPS of 110 km/h due to section conditions.

The train has both [[Air conditioner|AC]] and non AC accommodation, and one pantry car

* 1 AC II Tier
* 3 AC III Tier
* 11 Sleeper coaches
* 3 General
* 1 Pantry car
* 2 Generator car
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==Locomotive==
It is hauled by a Siliguri-based [[WDP-4D]] locomotive from Dibrugarh to New Cooch Behar and a [[Electric Loco Shed, Howrah|Howrah]]-based [[WAP-7]] locomotive completes the journey from New Cooch Behar to Howrah Junction and vice-versa.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Railways in Eastern India}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamrup Express}}
[[Category:Transport in Dibrugarh]]
[[Category:Transport in Guwahati]]
[[Category:Named passenger trains of India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Assam]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Nagaland]]
[[Category:Railway services introduced in 1972]]
[[Category:Express trains in India]]

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