Dullabcherra–Silchar Fast Passenger

Train in India

55687/UP/Dullabcherra - Silchar Fast Passenger
Overview
Service type	Fast Passenger
Locale	Assam (Barak Valley)
First service	Fri Mar 31, 2017
Current operator(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway
Ridership	585 approx.
Route
Termini	Dullabcherra (DLCR) Silchar (SCL)
Stops	10
Distance travelled	100 km (62 mi)
Average journey time	4 hours 30 mins
Service frequency	Tri Weekly
Train number(s)	55687 UP/ 55688 DOWN
On-board services
Class(es)	General (6) SLR (1)
Seating arrangements	Available
Sleeping arrangements	Not Available
Auto-rack arrangements	Not Available
Catering facilities	✕ Pantry Car ✕ On-board Catering ✕ E-Catering
Observation facilities	Windows
Baggage facilities	Underseat & Upper racks
Technical
Rolling stock	ICF rakes
Track gauge	BG
Electrification	Not Available
Operating speed	22 km/h

Dullabcherra Silchar Fast Passenger is a passenger train belonging to Northeast Frontier Railway zone of Indian Railways that runs between Dullabcherra and Silchar, the largest city in Barak Valley of Assam. It is currently being operated with 55687/55688 train numbers on a tri-weekly basis. It shares its rakes^{[clarification needed]} with 55689/Dullabcherra–Badarpur Passenger. It makes its main halt at Karimganj Junction for 25 minutes and locomotive/rake reversals also take place there. The train runs with SGUJ/WDP-4D and SGUJ/WDG-4.^{[clarification needed]}

Average speed and frequency

The 55687/Dullabcherra–Silchar Fast Passenger runs with an average speed of 22 km/h (14 mph) and completes 100 km (62 mi) in 4h 30m. The 55688/Silchar–Dullabcherra Fast Passenger runs with an average speed of 27 km/h (17 mph) and completes 100 km (62 mi) in 3h 45m.

Route and halts

The halts of the train are:

Anipur
Ratabari
Bazarghat
Phakhoagram
Eraligul
Baraigram Junction
Nilambazar
Karimganj Junction
New Karimganj
Badarpur Junction

Coach composite

The train has standard ICF rakes with average speed of 22 kmph. The train consists of 7 coaches:

6 General Unreserved
1 Seating cum Luggage Rake

Traction

Both trains are hauled by a Guwahati Loco Shed based WDM 3A diesel locomotive from Dullabcherra to Silchar and vice versa.

Rake sharing

The train shares its rake with 55689/55690 Dullabcherra–Badarpur Passenger.

Direction reversal

Train reverses its direction 1 time:

Karimganj Junction

Notes

References

External links

55687/Dullabcherra - Silchar Fast Passenger
55688/Silchar - Dullabcherra Fast Passenger

Railways in Eastern India

National network/
trunk lines

Other lines/sections

Interstate	Asansol–Gaya section Asansol–Patna section Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Barkakana–Son Nagar line Barsoi–New Farakka section Barsoi–Radhikapur branch line Dumka–Bhagalpur line Gaya–Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction section Hatia–Rourkela line Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line Katihar–Siliguri line Kharagpur–Puri line Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section Kothavalasa–Kirandul line New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section Tatanagar–Bilaspur section
Bihar	Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line Barauni–Katihar section Barauni–Samastipur section Fatuha–Tilaiya line Gaya–Kiul line Mokama–Barauni section Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur line (via Hajipur, Raxaul and Sitamarhi) Muzaffarpur–Gorakhpur main line Muzaffarpur–Sitamarhi section Muzaffarpur–Hajipur section Narkatiaganj–Bhikhna Thori branch line Neora–Daniyawan–Bihar Sharif–Sheikhpura line Patna–Gaya line Patna–Mughalsarai section Patna–Sonepur–Hajipur section Raxaul–Sagauli line Samastipur–Muzaffarpur section
Jharkhand	Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line Dhanbad–Chandrapura line Railways in Jharia Coalfield Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana–Ranchi line Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line
Odisha	Khurda Road–Bolangir line Cuttack–Sambalpur line
West Bengal	Ahmadpur–Katwa line Alipurduar–Bamanhat branch line Andal–Sainthia branch line Andal–Sitarampur loop line Bandel–Katwa line Bankura–Masagram line Bardhaman–Asansol section Bardhaman–Katwa line Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Eklakhi–Balurghat branch line Haldibari–New Jalpaiguri line Howrah–Barddhaman main line Howrah–Bardhaman chord Howrah–Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line New Mal–Changrabandha–New Cooch Behar line Santragachi–Amta branch line Sealdah Main and North section Calcutta Chord link line Kolkata Circular Railway Sealdah–Bangaon line Sealdah–Ranaghat–Gede line Ranaghat–Krishnanagar City–Lalgola line Sealdah South section Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line

Suburban
rail transport

Monorail

Defunct lines

Revived/ Under revival	Ahmedpur–Katwa Railway Bankura–Damodar Railway Barasat–Basirhat Light Railway Burdwan–Katwa Railway Bakhtiarpur–Bihar Light Railway Futwah–Islampur Light Railway
Inactive	Bengal Provincial Railway East Coast State Railway Kalighat Falta Railway Mayurbhanj State Railway Dehri Rohtas Light Railway Patna–Digha Ghat line Parlakimedi Light Railway

Zones & Divisions

Eastern	Asansol Howrah Malda Sealdah
East Central	Danapur Dhanbad Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Samastipur Sonpur
East Coast	Sambalpur Khurda Road Waltair
North Eastern	Varanasi
Northeast Frontier	Katihar Alipurduar
South Eastern	Adra Chakradharpur Kharagpur Ranchi

Production units/
workshops

Transit points
with Bangladesh

Active	Haldibari–Chilahati Singhabad–Rohanpur Radhikapur–Biral Gede–Darshana Petrapole–Benapole
Defunct	Mahisasan–Shahbajpur Changrabandha–Burimari New Gitaldaha–Mogalhat