Avadh Assam Express

Avadh Assam Express

Overview
Service type	Express
Current operator(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway
Route
Start	New Tinsukia Junction
Stops	87 as 15909 New Tinsukia Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express, 85 as 15910 Lalgarh New Tinsukia Avadh Assam Express.
End	Lalgarh Junction
Distance travelled	3,073 km (1,909 mi)
Service frequency	Daily
On-board services
Class(es)	AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper Class, General Unreserved
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Pantry car coach attached
Observation facilities	Extended to New Tinsukia Junction w.e.f 18 June 2014. Will be renumbered 15909/10 w.e.f 28 August 2014. Is one of the longest running daily trains in terms of time.
Technical
Rolling stock	Standard Indian Railway coaches
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	110 km/h (68 mph) maximum 46.11 km/h (29 mph) including halts

The 15909 / 10 New Tinsukia Lalgarh Junction Awadh Assam Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways - Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between New Tinsukia and Lalgarh Junction in India. At present it is the longest daily running train in India.

It operates as train number 15909 from New Tinsukia to Lalgarh Junction and as train number 15910 in the reverse direction serving the 8 states of Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan.

Coaches

The 15909 / 10 New Tinsukia Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express presently has 1 AC 2 tier, 2 AC 3 tier, 10 Sleeper Class, 4 General Unreserved & 2 sitting cum luggage rack coaches. In addition, it carries a Pantry car coach & up to 4 High Capacity Parcel Vans.

As is customary with most train services in India, Coach Composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

The 15909 New Tinsukia Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express covers the distance of 3073 kilometres in 67 hours 05 mins [45.90 km/h (29 mph)] & in 67 hours 15 mins as 15910 Lalgarh New Tinsukia Avadh Assam Express [46.32 km/h (29 mph)].

As the average speed of the train is below 55 km/h (34 mph), as per Indian Railway rules, its fare does not include a Superfast surcharge.

Routeing

The 15909 / 10 New Tinsukia Lalgarh Avadh Assam Express runs from New Tinsukia Junction via Dimapur, Limding Junction, Guwahati, New Cooch Behar, New Jalpaiguri, Barauni Junction, Chhapra, Gorakhpur Junction, Lucknow NR, Bareilly, Delhi Junction, Rohtak Junction, Bhatinda Junction, Suratgarh Junction to Lalgarh Junction.

It reverses direction of travel at Bhatinda Junction.

Traction

As large parts of the route are yet to be electrified, a Siliguri based WDP 4B is the traditional designated power for its entire journey.

Timings

15909 New Tinsukia Lalgarh Awadh Assam Express leaves New Tinsukia Junction on a daily basis at 10:40 hrs IST and reaches Lalgarh Junction at 05:45 hrs IST on the 4th day.

15910 Lalgarh New Tinsukia Awadh Assam Express leaves Lalgarh Junction on a daily basis at 19:45 hrs IST and reaches New Tinsukia Junction at 15:00 hrs IST on the 4th day.

References

"Awadh Assam Express - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
"Awadh-Assam Express derails near Moradabad, several injured - The Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
"Awadh-Assam express crash - Worst train accidents in India: In pictures". news.in.msn.com. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
"Northern Railways / Indian Railways Portal". nr.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
"Girl`s body found inside Awadh-Assam Express". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
"Awadh Assam Express | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". flickr.com. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
"The Disaster Express | Murali Krishnan, Ashis K. Biswas". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 2014-05-30.

External links

"Welcome to Indian Railway Passenger reservation Enquiry". indianrail.gov.in. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
"IRCTC Online Passenger Reservation System". irctc.co.in. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
"[IRFCA] Welcome to IRFCA.org, the home of IRFCA on the internet.". irfca.org. Retrieved 2014-04-05.

Railways in Northern India

National network/ trunk lines	Howrah-Delhi main line Delhi–Chennai line Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line Delhi–Jaipur line Jaipur–Ahmedabad line

Branch lines/ sections	Agra-Bhopal section Ambala–Attari line Amritsar–Pathankot line Bathinda–Rewari line Bilaspur–Mandi–Leh railway Chandigarh–Sahnewal line Delhi–Fazilka line Delhi-Kalka line Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line Delhi–Moradabad line Delhi–Shamli–Saharanpur line Jalandhar–Firozpur line Jalandhar–Jammu line Jammu–Poonch railway line Jodhpur–Bathinda line Kanpur–Delhi section Kashmir Railway Lucknow–Moradabad line Ludhiana–Fazilka line Ludhiana–Jakhal line Marwar Junction–Munabao line Moradabad–Ambala line Mughalsarai–Kanpur section Rewari-Rohtak line Srinagar-Kargil-Leh railway Varanasi–Lucknow main line Varanasi–Rae Bareli–Lucknow line

Urban and Suburban rail transport	Delhi Suburban Railway Blue Line (Delhi Metro) Green Line (Delhi Metro) Red Line (Delhi Metro) Violet Line (Delhi Metro) Yellow Line (Delhi Metro) Rapid MetroRail Gurgaon Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway Barabanki-Lucknow Suburban Railway Delhi Panipat RRTS Delhi Meerut RRTS Delhi Alwar RRTS

Narrow gauge railways	Kalka-Shimla Railway Kangra Valley Railway

Abanoned lines	Jammu–Sialkot Line

Monorails	Patiala State Monorail Trainways (abandoned)

Named trains	Ajmer Jammu Express Ajmer – Jabalpur Superfast Express Akal Takht Express Amritsar Mail Ananya Express Andaman Express Andhra Pradesh Express Anand Vihar Muzaffarpur Garib Rath Express Assam Mail Bagh Express Bhopal – Lucknow Garibrath Express Bhopal–Jaipur Express Bhopal–Jodhpur Bhopal–Lucknow Express Bhopal–Lucknow–Pratapgarh Express Brahmaputra Mail Chambal Express Chennai Duronto Chhattisgarh Express Chitrakoot Express Damoh–Kota Passenger Dayodaya Express Doon Express Durgavati Express Faizabad Delhi Express Faizabad Superfast Express Ganga Kaveri Express Goa Express Godaan Express Golden Temple Mail Gondwana Express The Grand Trunk Express Gyan Ganga Express Himalayan Queen Himsa Express Himsagar Express Hirakud Express Howrah – New Delhi Duronto Express Howrah–Delhi Yuva Express Indore Express Indore – Chandigarh Express Indore – Dehradun Express Indore – Hazrat Nizamuddin Express Indore – Patna Express Indore – Rajendra Nagar Via. Faizabad Express Indore–Ajmer Express Indore–Ajmer Link Express Indore–Amritsar Express Indore–Jaipur Express Indore–Jaipur Express via Ajmer Indore–Kota Intercity Express Indore–Udaipur City Express Jabalpur–Jammu Tawi Express Jabalpur–New Delhi Express Jaipur Superfast Express Jammu Tawi – Indore Express Jhelum Express Kaifiyat Express Kalinga Utkal Express Kalka Mail Kanpur Allahabad Intercity Kanpur Varanasi InterCity Kashi Vishwanath Express Kerala Express Kongu Express Kushinagar Express Lashkar Express Lucknow Mail Magadh Express Mahabodhi express Mahakoshal Express Mahanagari Express Mahananda Express Malwa Express Mandor Express Mangala Lakshadweep Express Manikarnika Express Marusagar Express Meenakshi Express Mewar Express Mithila Express Muzaffarpur Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express Navyug Express Neelachal Express New Delhi-Kalka Shatabdi New Jalpaiguri - New Delhi SF Express North East Express Patalkot Express Patna – Kota Express Poorva Express Pratham Swatrantata Sangrm Express Prayagraj Express Punjab Mail Purushottam Express Pushpak Express Rajendra Nagar Bihar – Indore Express Rajendranagar Express Ranthambore Express Raptisagar Express Sabarmati Express Sachkhand Express Saket Express Samata Express Samjhauta Express Sampoorna Kranti Express Sanghamithra Express Sapt Kranti Express Sealdah Rajdhani Express Sealdah – New Delhi Duronto Express Shaan-e-Bhopal Express Shalimar Express Shipra Express Shiv Ganga Express Shram Shakti Express Shramjeevi Express Taj Express Tamil Nadu Express Thar Express Thirukural Express Tirhut Express Udhna Varanasi Express Ujjaini Express Utsarg Express Uttar Sampark Kranti Express Vaishali Express Vikramshila Express West Bengal Sampark Kranti

Manufacturing units and workshops	Diesel Locomotive Works Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala Rail Coach Factory, Raebareli

Railway companies	Northern Railway North Eastern Railway North Central Railway North Western Railway East Indian Railway Company Rajputana-Malwa Railway Oudh and Tirhut Railway Indian Branch Railway Company Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Delhi Metro Rail Corporation National Capital Region Transport Corporation

See also	Indian Railways Bholu (mascot) 1974 railway strike in India

Railways in the North-east and Eastern India

National network/ trunk lines	Howrah–Delhi main line Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line Howrah-Chennai main line Sahibganj Loop Grand Chord Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line Barauni-Guwahati line Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line

Branch lines/ sections	Andal-Sainthia branch line Asansol-Gaya section Asansol–Patna section Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Bairabi Sairang Railway Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Bankura-Masagram line Bardhaman-Asansol section Barauni–Katihar section Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Barauni-Samastipur-Muzaffarpur-Hajipur line Barauni-Samastipur section Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Fatuha–Tilaiya line Gaya–Kiul line Gaya–Mughalsarai section Guwahati–Lumding section Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat railway line Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line Jharia Coalfield rail network Katihar–Siliguri line Kharagpur–Puri line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Lalgola and Gede branch lines Lumding Agartala Rail Line Lumding–Dibrugarh section Madhupur Giridih Rail Line Mokama–Barauni section Muzaffarpur- Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Muzaffarpur-Gorakhpur main line Muzaffarpur-Sitamarhi section Muzaffarpur-Hajipur section Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section New Bongaigaon–Guwahati section Patna–Gaya line Patna–Mughalsarai section Samastipur-Muzaffarpur section Tatanagar–Bilaspur section

Lines around Kolkata	Howrah–Bardhaman main line Howrah–Bardhaman chord Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line Sealdah–Ranaghat line Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line Sealdah South lines Barasat Basirhat Railway Howrah–Kharagpur line

Monorail	Aizawl Monorail Kolkata Monorail Patna Monorail

Defunct lines revived//under revival	Ahmedpur Katwa Railway Bankura Damodar Railway Burdwan Katwa Railway Bukhtiarpur Bihar Light Railway Futwah-Islampur Light Railway

Defunct lines	Kalighat Falta Railway Bengal Provincial Railway Mayurbhanj State Railway The Cherra Companyganj State Railways East Coast State Railway

Production units/ workshops	Chittaranjan Locomotive Works Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Braithwaite & Co. Ltd. Burn Standard Company Bharat Wagon and Engineering Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company

Named trains	Amritsar Mail Ananya Express Anand Vihar Muzaffarpur Garib Rath Express Anga Express Aranyak Express Arunachal Express Assam Mail Azad Hind Express Bagh Express Bandra – Patna Express Barisal Express Bhagalpur – Anand Vihar Terminal Garib Rath Express Bhagirati Express Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express Bhubaneswar Duronto Express Black Diamond Express Brahmaputra Mail Cachar Express Chambal Express Chennai Mail Coalfield Express Coromandel Express Darbhanga–Bangalore Express Darjeeling Mail Dhauli Express Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express Doon Express East Bengal Express East Bengal Mail Falaknuma Express Farakka Express Ganadevata Express Ganga Kaveri Express Ganga Sagar Express Gour Express Guwahati Bangalore Express (Kaziranga Express) Hazarduari Express Hirakud Express Howrah – Dhanbad Double Decker Express Howrah-Delhi Yuva Express Howrah-Kanyakumari Express Howrah – New Delhi Duronto Express Howrah – New Jalpaiguri Shatabdi Howrah Rajdhani Express Indore – Patna Express Indore – Rajendra Nagar Via. Faizabad Express Ispat Express (train) Jnaneshwari Express Kalinga Utkal Express Kalka Mail Kamrup Express Kanchenjunga Express Magadh Express Maithili Express Mithila Express Maitree Express Manikarnika Express Muzaffarpur Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express North East Express Patna Duronto Express Patna – Kota Express Pratham Swatrantata Sangrm Express Poorva Express Purushottam Express Rajdhani Express – Rajendranagar Rajendranagar Express Ranchi Rajdhani Express Sampoorna Kranti Express Sanghamithra Express Sapt Kranti Express Sealdah – New Delhi Duronto Express Sealdah Rajdhani Express Shaktipunj Express Shramjeevi express Shipra Express Surat Bhagalpur Express Surat–Muzaffarpur Express Tiruchirappalli Express Tirhut Express Utsarg Express Vikramshila Express West Bengal Sampark Kranti

Transit points with Bangladesh	Singhabad–Rohanpur Gede–Darshana Petrapole–Benapole

Defunct transit points with Bangladesh	Mahisasan-Shahbajpur Radhikapur–Biral Changrabandha–Burimari Haldibari–Chilahati Gitaldaha–Mogalhat

Indian railheads near India-Nepal border	Raxaul Bairgania Jainagar Jogbani Laukaha Bazar Thakurganj

Railway companies	East Indian Railway Company Bengal Nagpur Railway Eastern Bengal Railway Assam Bengal Railway Bengal Dooars Railway Cooch Behar State Railway Indian Branch Railway Company Martin's Light Railways Eastern Railway East Central Railway South Eastern Railway East Coast Railway Northeast Frontier Railway North Eastern Railway

See also	Indian Railways Bholu (mascot) Suburban rail in India Kolkata Suburban Railway Northeast Indian Railways during World War II Trains of East Coast Railway (India)