Kamakhya–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express

The Kamakhya–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express is an Superfast Express train belonging to Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between Kamakhya Junction and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra in India. It is currently being operated with 15655/15656 train numbers on a weekly basis. It is 1 of the three trains connecting Guwahati and Jammu Tawi, the other being Lohit Express and Amarnath Express.

Service
The 15655/Kamakhya–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express has an average speed of 48 km/h and covers 2559 km in 53h 15m. The 15656/Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra–Kamakhya Express has an average speed of 45 km/h and covers 2559 km in 56h 50m.

Route and halts
The important halts of the train are:

• ASSAM

• Kamakhya Junction

• New Bongaigaon Junction

• WEST BENGAL

• New Alipurduar

• New Cooch Behar

• New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri)

• BIHAR

• Katihar Junction

• Barauni Junction

• Samastipur Junction

• Laheriasarai

• Darbhanga Junction

• Sitamarhi Junction

• Raxaul Junction

• Bettiah

• UTTAR PRADESH

• Gorakhpur Junction

• Basti

• Gonda Junction

• Sitapur Junction

• Bareilly Junction

• Moradabad Junction

• Saharanpur Junction

• UTTARAKHAND

• Laksar Junction

• HARYANA

• Ambala Cantonment Junction

• PUNJAB

• Ludhiana Junction

• Jalandhar Cantonment Junction

• Pathankot Cantonment

• JAMMU KASHMIR

• Jammu Tawi

• Udhampur

• Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra

Coach composition
The train has standard LHB rakes with a maximum speed of 130 km/h. The train consists of 18 coaches:


 * 1 AC II Tier
 * 3 AC III Tier
 * 6 Sleeper coaches
 * 6 General Unreserved
 * 2 End-on Generator

Traction
Both trains are hauled by a Siliguri Loco Shed-based WDP 4/ WDP 4B/ WDP 4D diesel locomotive from Kamakhya to New Coochbehar. From New Coochbehar the train is hauled by a Ghaziabad Loco Shed-based WAP-7 electric locomotive up till Katra, and vice versa.