Assam Mail

Assam Mail
Overview
Service typeMail train
Route
TerminiSantahar Junction (pre-independence)
Delhi (post-independence)
Amingaon (pre-independence)
Guwahati(later extended to Dibrugarh in the post-independence era)
Distance travelled506.7 kilometres (314.8 mi)(pre-independence)
2,601 kilometres (1,616 mi)(post-independence)
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)
  • 3 Up/4 Dn (old)
On-board services
Class(es)General, Sleeper
Sleeping arrangementsyes
Catering facilitiesPantry car
On-board catering
E-catering.(post-independence)
Technical
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed36 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.