Kamrup Express

The Kamrup Express is a daily express train that connects Howrah (Kolkata) in West Bengal with Dibrugarh, which is a major town in upper Assam. Originally the train ran between Howrah and Guwahati (which is the district head quarter 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 NF Railway of Indian Railway and is operated by Tinsukia division of NF Railway.

The train is numbered as 5959/5960. 5959 departs Howrah everyday at 17:35 and reaches Dibrugarh on the day following the day after, at 5:35 in the morning, covering a distance of 1531 km in 36 hrs with an average moving speed of 47 km/h. On the way it passes through important stations like Bandel, Malda Town, Kishengunj, New Jalpaiguri, New Coochbehar, New Alipurduar, Kokrajhar, New Bongaigaon, Guwahati, Lumding, Dimapur, Mariani(Jorhat), Duliajan, New Tinsukia en route to Dibrugarh. The train as an extended and important halt at Guwahati arriving at 15:40

5960 departs Dibrugarh at 18:25 everyday and reaches Howrah at 6:25 day after covering a distance of 1531 km in 36 hrs and 25 min with an average moving speed of 47 km/h. It stops at important stations like New Tinsukia, Duliajan, Mariani(Jorhat), Dimapur, Lumding, Guwahati, New Bongaigaon, New Alipurduar, New Coochbehar, New Jalpaiguri, Kishengunj, Malda Town, Bandel en route to Howrah. It has an extended and important halt at Guwahati and departs at 7:35 in the morning next day for Howrah.

The train has both AC and non AC accommodation.

2A - 1 3A - 2 SL - 10 PC - 1 GENL - 4 SLR - 2

Both 5959 and 5960 throughout the entire length of the journey from Howrah to Dibrugarh and vice versa are hauled by a WDM-3A from the diesel loco shed of Howrah. This train is one of the slowest train between Guwahati and Howrah , but the maintenance of the coaches are very good and the condition of the coaches of this train is very good with proper passenger facilities included. Recently this train was awarded ISO certificate and is the only train of NF Railways to have been ISO certified and one of the few in the fleet of Indian Railway, for proper passenger amenities and facilities. This is one of the oldest running train of NF Railway (Assam Railway before) and is considered as a pride and a very important train for this zone.