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{{Infobox rail service
| name = North East Express
| type = [[Express trains in India|Express]]
| image = North East exp.jpg
| caption =
| locale = [[Assam]], [[West Bengal]], [[Bihar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Delhi]]
| first = {{start date and age|df=yes|1986|04|01}}
| last =
| operator = [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|Northeast Frontier Railways]]
| ridership =
| start = [[Kamakhya Junction]] (KYQ)
| stops = 28
| end = [[Anand Vihar Terminal]] (ANVT)
| distance = {{convert|1856|km|0|abbr=on}}
| journeytime = 33 hours 18 minutes
| frequency = Daily
| class = AC 2 tier, AC 3 tier, Sleeper class, General Unreserved
| seating = Yes
| sleeping = Yes
| autorack =
| catering = Available
| observation = Large windows
| entertainment =
| baggage =
| otherfacilities =
| stock = [[LHB coaches]]
| gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm}}
| el =
| trainnumber = 12505 / 12506
| speed = {{convert|58|km/h|0|abbr=on}} average with halts
| map = [[File:North East Express (Guwahati - Delhi) Express Route map.jpg|300px]]
| map_state =
}}

The 12505 / 12506 '''North East Express''' is a daily Superfast train of [[Indian Railways]], which runs between [[Guwahati]] (capital of [[Assam]] and the largest city of North Eastern region of India) and [[Anand Vihar]] near [[New Delhi]] (capital of India). It connects North Eastern India to New Delhi, hence the name. The train belongs to NF railway zone of Indian Railways (headquarters at Guwahati). The coaches of this train belongs to Guwahati coaching depot of Lumding Division of [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone|NF Railway]].

The North East Express succeeded the legendary [[Assam Mail]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/articles/isrs/fnrm3-fame-name.html |title = Trains of fame and locos with a name–Part 2| publisher= [[IRFCA]]| accessdate = 2012-11-08 }}</ref> But halt pattern and timings of later introduced [[Mahananda Express|Sikkim Mahananda Express]] (first introduced between Delhi and [[Katihar]]) corresponds more to the Assam Mail's BG segment.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/members/archive/messages.php?index=16}}</ref>

The train runs along the [[Barauni–Guwahati line]], [[Mokama–Barauni section]] and [[Howrah–Delhi main line]].

==Service==
The train is numbered as 12505/12506. Originally North East Express was not a Superfast and had service numbers 921 and 922 when introduced in 1986. In 1988, the train was assigned with new set of numbers as 2521 and 2522 which were later replaced with 5621 and 5622. It used to ply between Guwahati and New Delhi. In the Railway Budget 2005–06, it was sped up to the broad gauge Superfast category (broad gauge trains with 55 km/h or above average commercial speed) without withdrawing any previous intermediate stops. The new number assigned in the Superfast category were 2505 from Guwahati and 2506 from New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=23067|title=}}</ref> With the new five digit numbering scheme introduced during the tenure of [[Mamata Banerjee]] as [[Minister of Railways (India)|Railway Minister]], the service numbers are now 12505 and 12506. The train now starts from Kamakhya Junction railway station at Maligaon and run up to Anand Vihar Terminal instead of Guwahati & New Delhi.

==Coaches==
The train has AC as well as non-AC accommodation. The composition of the train is as follows – 2A – 1 (A-1), 3A – 3 (B-1, B-2, B-3), SL – 14 (S-1 to S-14), PC – 1, GENL – 3 & SLR – 2. The total rake length is 24 coaches. New LHB rakes are introduced on 03/03/2019.

==Stoppage==

===Delhi to Guwahati===
List of stops on the North East Express from Delhi to Guwahati.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/ntes/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-03-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314234300/http://enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/ntes/ |archivedate=14 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!State
!Town/City
!Station
!Distance (km)
|-
| [[Delhi]]
| [[Delhi]]
| {{stnlnk|Anand Vihar Terminal}}
| 0
|-
| rowspan=7|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
| [[Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh|Aligarh]]
| {{stnlnk|Aligarh Junction}}
| 126
|-
| [[Tundla]]
| {{stnlnk|Tundla Junction}}
| 204
|-
| [[Etawah]]
| {{stnlnk|Etawah Junction}}
| 296
|-
| [[Kanpur]]
| {{stnlnk|Kanpur Central}}
| 435
|-
| [[Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh|Fatehpur]]
| {{stnlnk|Fatehpur}}
| 513
|-
| [[Allahabad]]
| {{stnlnk|Allahabad Junction}}
| 629
|-
| [[Mughalsarai]]
| {{stnlnk|Mughalsarai Junction}}
| 778
|-
| rowspan=12|[[Bihar]]
| [[Buxar]]
| {{stnlnk|Buxar}}
| 872
|-
| [[Arrah]]
| {{stnlnk|Ara Junction}}
| 941
|-
| [[Danapur]]
| {{stnlnk|Danapur}}
| 980
|-
| [[Patna]]
| {{stnlnk|Patliputra Junction}}
| 986
|-
| [[Barauni]]
| {{stnlnk|Barauni Junction}}
| 1095
|-
| [[Begusarai]]
| {{stnlnk|Begusarai}}
| 1110
|-
| [[Khagaria]]
| {{stnlnk|Khagaria Junction}}
| 1150
|-
| Mansi
| {{stnlnk|Mansi Junction}}
| 1159
|-
| [[Naugachia]]
| {{stnlnk|Naugachia}}
| 1217
|-
| [[Katihar]]
| {{stnlnk|Katihar Junction}}
| 1274
|-
| [[Barsoi]]
| {{stnlnk|Barsoi Junction}}
| 1313
|-
| [[Kishanganj]]
| {{stnlnk|Kishanganj}}
| 1371
|-
| rowspan=4|[[West Bengal]]
| [[Siliguri]]
| {{stnlnk|New Jalpaiguri Junction}}
| 1458
|-
| [[Jalpaiguri]]
| {{stnlnk|Jalpaiguri Road}}
| 1491
|-
| [[Cooch Behar]]
| {{stnlnk|New Cooch Behar Junction}}
| 1584
|-
| [[Alipurduar]]
| {{stnlnk|New Alipurduar}}
| 1603
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Assam]]
| [[Kokrajhar]]
| {{stnlnk|Kokrajhar}}
| 1681
|-
| [[Bongaigaon]]
| {{stnlnk|New Bongaigaon Junction}}
| 1709
|-
| [[Rangiya|Rangia]]
| {{stnlnk|Rangiya Junction}}
| 1819
|-
| [[Maligaon]]
| {{stnlnk|Kamakhya Junction}}
| 1856
|}

===Guwahati to Delhi===
List of stops on the North East Express from Guwahati to Delhi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/ntes/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-03-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314234300/http://enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/ntes/ |archivedate=14 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!State
!Town/City
!Station
!Distance (km)
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Assam]]
| [[Maligaon]]
| {{stnlnk|Kamakhya Junction}}
| 0
|-
| [[Rangiya|Rangia]]
| {{stnlnk|Rangiya Junction}}
| 48
|-
| [[Bongaigaon]]
| {{stnlnk|New Bongaigaon Junction}}
| 157
|-
| [[Kokrajhar]]
| {{stnlnk|Kokrajhar}}
| 185
|-
| rowspan=4|[[West Bengal]]
| [[Alipurduar]]
| {{stnlnk|New Alipurduar}}
| 264
|-
| [[Cooch Behar]]
| {{stnlnk|New Cooch Behar Junction}}
| 283
|-
| [[Jalpaiguri]]
| {{stnlnk|Jalpaiguri Road}}
| 375
|-
| [[Siliguri]]
| {{stnlnk|New Jalpaiguri Junction}}
| 409
|-
| rowspan=12|[[Bihar]]
| [[Kishanganj]]
| {{stnlnk|Kishanganj}}
| 496
|-
| [[Barsoi]]
| {{stnlnk|Barsoi Junction}}
| 553
|-
| [[Katihar]]
| {{stnlnk|Katihar Junction}}
| 593
|-
| [[Naugachia]]
| {{stnlnk|Naugachia}}
| 650
|-
| Mansi
| {{stnlnk|Mansi Junction}}
| 708
|-
| [[Khagaria]]
| {{stnlnk|Khagaria Junction}}
| 716
|-
| [[Begusarai]]
| {{stnlnk|Begusarai}}
| 757
|-
| [[Barauni]]
| {{stnlnk|Barauni Junction}}
| 772
|-
| [[Patna]]
| {{stnlnk|Patliputra Junction}}
| 880
|-
| [[Danapur]]
| {{stnlnk|Danapur}}
| 886
|-
| [[Arrah]]
| {{stnlnk|Ara Junction}}
| 926
|-
| [[Buxar]]
| {{stnlnk|Buxar}}
| 994
|-
| rowspan=8|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
| [[Mughalsarai]]
| {{stnlnk|Mughalsarai Junction}}
| 1088
|-
| [[Allahabad]]
| {{stnlnk|Allahabad Junction}}
| 1237
|-
| [[Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh|Fatehpur]]
| {{stnlnk|Fatehpur}}
| 1354
|-
| [[Kanpur]]
| {{stnlnk|Kanpur Central}}
| 1432
|-
| [[Etawah]]
| {{stnlnk|Etawah Junction}}
| 1571
|-
| [[Tundla]]
| {{stnlnk|Tundla Junction}}
| 1663
|-
| [[Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh|Aligarh]]
| {{stnlnk|Aligarh Junction}}
| 1741
|-
| [[Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]]
| {{stnlnk|Ghaziabad Junction}}
| 1844
|-
| [[Delhi]]
| [[Delhi]]
| {{stnlnk|Anand Vihar Terminal}}
| 1856
|}

==Traction==
It is hauled by a [[Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri|Siliguri]]-based [[WDP-4]] / [[WDP-4B]] / [[WDP-4D]] locomotive from KYQ to NJP. From NJP to NVT it is hauled by a [[Electric Loco Shed, Ghaziabad|Ghaziabad]]-based [[WAP-7]] (HOG)-equipped locomotive and vice versa.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Railways in Northern India}}
{{Railways in Eastern India}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:North East Express}}
[[Category:Transport in Guwahati]]
[[Category:Transport in Delhi]]
[[Category:Express trains in India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Assam]]
[[Category:Rail transport in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Bihar]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Delhi]]
[[Category:Railway services introduced in 1986]]
[[Category:Named passenger trains of India]]

North East Express - Revision history

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