Here's An Update Regarding Electrification Of Jamalpur-Kiul Section. Poles have been Erected Since Long but Wires Haven't been Attached. Clip Attachment And Pole Erection is also incomplete at some places.
I was Onboard Brahmaputra Mail Which Was Skipping Most of The Station At Full Speed. Here, You Can See The Full Speed Skips Of Kajra And Uren Stations.
About Brahmaputra Mail --
Brahmaputra Mail is a daily train which 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 Jalpaiguri railway stations, with onward meter gauge connections to Guwahati and Tinsukia in the Indian state of Assam. The train was renamed the Brahmaputra Mail after the successful gauge conversion of the Guwahati - Dibrugarh meter gauge lines to broad gauge. This train belongs to Northern Railway (NR) zone of Indian Railways and operated and maintained by Delhi Division (DLI Division) of NR. The train is numbered as 14055/14056.
The train has both AC and Non AC class of accommodation. The composition of this train is 6 General Coaches, 11 Sleeper Coaches, 3 3AC Coaches, 1 2AC Coach, 1 Pantry Car And 2 SLRs.
This train is assigned with a Ghaziabad Based WAP-4/WAP-7 locomotive from Delhi Junction to Mughalsarai Junction(Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction) and vice versa.
From Mughalsarai Junction to Dibrugarh and vice versa, the train is hauled by Siliguri Based EMD Loco (WDP 4, WDP 4B and WDP 4D).
14055 departs Dibrugarh every day at 23:25 and arrives at Delhi Junction at 5:55 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 2596 km in 54 hrs and 40 mins with an average speed of 47 km/h.
14056 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 2596 km in 52 hrs and 45 mins with an average speed of 49 km/h.
This is one of the oldest running train of this zone. This train is famous for its defense personal using this train for travel.
This train was also involved in two the major railway disasters in Indian History. One was the mail bombing of the train between Kokrajhar and New Bongaigaon in December 1996 by bodo militants and second was the Gaisal Rail Disaster, a head-on collision between Avadh Assam Express and Brahmaputra Mail.
Brahmaputra Mail Halts At Following Stations Enroute -
New Tinsukia Junction, Bhojo, Simaluguri Junction, Mariani Junction, Furkating Junction, Bokajan, Dimapur, Diphu, Lumding Junction, Lanka, Hojai, Jamunamukh, Kampur, Chaparmukh, Jagi Road, Digaru, Guwahati Junction, Kamakhya, Rangia, Nalbari, Barapeta Road, Bijni, Bongaigaon, New Bongaigaon Junction, Kokrajhar, Fakiragram, Gossaigaon Hat, New Alipurduar Junction, New Cooch Behar, Falakata, Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri Road, New Jalpaiguri, Kishanganj, Malda Town, New Farakka Junction, Barharwa Junction, Sahibganj, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur Junction, Sultanganj, Jamalpur Junction, Abhaipur, Kiul Junction, Mokama Junction, Patna Saheb, Patna Junction, Ara Junction, Buxar, Dildarnagar Junction, Mughalsarai Junction, Mirzapur, Allahabad Junction, Kanpur Central, Shikohabad Junction, Tundla Junction, Aligarh Junction, Khurja Junction, Ghaziabad Junction
