The Brahmaputra Mail is a daily train which connects 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 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.
14055 departs Dibrugarh every day at 22:45 and arrives at Delhi Junction at 5:55 on the fourth day from departure (e.g.:the train which departs Dibrugarh on Thursday at 22:45 would arrive at Delhi on Sunday at 5:55) covering a distance of 2598 km in 54 hrs and 55 mins with an average moving speed of 47 km/h.
14056 departs Old Delhi every day at 23:40 and reaches Dibrugarh at 4:00 on the fourth day (e.g.: the train departing DLI at 23:40 on Thursday would reach DBRT on Sunday early morning at 4:00) covering a total distance of 2598 km in 52 hrs and 20 mins with an average moving speed of 49 km/h.
The train has both AC and Non AC class of accommodation. The composition of this train is
This train is assigned with a WAP-4/WAP-7 locomotive from Delhi Junction to Mughalsarai Junction.
From Mughalsarai Junction-Dibrugarh and Dibrugarh-Mughalsarai Junction the train is usually hauled by WDP-4B locomotive.
Dibrugarh
New Tinsukia Junction
Simaluguri Junction
Mariani
Dimapur
Lumding Junction
Guwahati Junction
Kamakhya
Rangia
Kokrajhar
New Alipurduar
New Cooch Behar
Jalpaiguri Road
New Jalpaiguri
Kishanganj
Malda Town
New Farakka Junction
Barharwa Junction
Sahibganj Junction
Kahalgaon
Bhagalpur Junction
Jamalpur Junction
Kiul Junction
Lakhisarai Junction
Mokama Junction
Patna Saheb
Patna Junction
Buxar
Dildarnagar railway station Junction
Mughalsarai Junction
Allahabad Junction
Kanpur Central
Tundla Junction
Aligarh Junction
Ghaziabad
Delhi Junction
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.
