Nagaon Express

Nagaon Express (earlier Tambaram–Silghat Town Express), is a weekly Express train belonging to Northeast Frontier Railway zone of Indian Railways that connects Silghat Town of Assam and Tambaram in the South Indian metropolis of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The train was extended to Tambaram on a trial basis from August 2017. The train was also extended from Guwahati to Silghat Town.

Time-table
Train No. 15629 from Tambaram to Silghat Town. The train leaves Tambaram (TBM) on every Monday at 9:45 P.M. and arrives Silghat Town (SHTT) on Thursday at 9:45 A.M. traversing a distance of 2965 kilometers in 60 hours.

Train no. 15630 from Silghat Town to Tambaram. The train leaves Silghat Town (SHTT) on every Friday at 8:30 A.M. and arrives Tambaram (TBM) on Sunday at 20:50 P.M. traversing a distance of 2965 kilometres in 60 hours & 20 minutes.

Major halts
The train travels the total distance of 2798 kilometres in 55 hours. The major halts of this train are as follows-

TAMIL NADU (02 stops)
 * 1) Tambaram (Starts)
 * 2) Chennai Egmore.

ANDHRA PRADESH (06 stops)
 * 1) Nellore
 * 2) Ongole
 * 3) Vijayawada
 * 4) Eluru
 * 5) Rajahmundry
 * 6) Visakhapatnam.

ODISHA (05 stops)


 * 1) Brahmapur
 * 2) Khurda Road
 * 3) Bhubaneswar
 * 4) Cuttack
 * 5) Balasore.

WEST BENGAL (17 stops)


 * 1) Hijli
 * 2) Purulia
 * 3) Joychandi Pahar
 * 4) Burnpur
 * 5) Asansol
 * 6) Andal
 * 7) Durgapur
 * 8) Siuri
 * 9) Rampurhat
 * 10) New Farakka
 * 11) Malda Town
 * 12) Dalkhola
 * 13) New Jalpaiguri (Siliguri)
 * 14) New Maynaguri
 * 15) Dhupguri
 * 16) New Cooch Behar
 * 17) New Alipurduar.

JHARKHAND (02 stops)


 * 1) Pakur
 * 2) Tatanagar.

BIHAR (02 stops)
 * 1) Barsoi
 * 2) Kishanganj.

ASSAM (11 stops)
 * 1) Fakiragram
 * 2) Kokrajhar
 * 3) New Bongaigaon
 * 4) Rangiya
 * 5) Kamakhya
 * 6) Guwahati
 * 7) Jagiroad
 * 8) Chaparmukh
 * 9) Nagaon
 * 10) Jakhalabandha
 * 11) Silghat (Ends).

Note: Bold letters indicates Major Railway Stations/Major Cities.

Traction
The train is hauled by WAP-7 Locomotive of Electric Loco Shed, Erode from Tambaram to Visakhapatnam.

From Visakhapatnam to Durgapur, the train is hauled by WAP-7 locomotive of Electric Loco Shed, Visakhapatnam. Finally from Durgapur to Silghat Town the train is hauled by WAP-4 Locomotive of Electric Loco Shed, Howrah and vice versa.

Major bridges
The train passes over some important rivers of India:
 * 1) Creek in Ennore near Chennai
 * 2) Penna river in Nellore
 * 3) Paleru river in Ongole
 * 4) Krishna River in Vijayawada
 * 5) Godavari River in Rajamahendravaram
 * 6) Nagavali River in Srikakulam
 * 7) Vamsadhara River in Srikakulam
 * 8) Rushikulya River in Ganjam
 * 9) Mahanadi river in Cuttack
 * 10) Kathjori river (Mahanadi distributary) in Cuttack
 * 11) Kuakhai River (Mahanadi distributary) near Barang
 * 12) Birupa River (Mahanadi distributary) near Kendrapara
 * 13) Brahmani River in Jenapur
 * 14) Baitarani River in Jajpur Keonjhar Rd.
 * 15) Budhabalanga River in Balasore
 * 16) Subarnarekha River near Jaleswar
 * 17) Kangsabati River near Kharagpur
 * 18) Dwarakeswar River near Bankura
 * 19) Damodar River near Asansol
 * 20) Mayurakshi River near Sainthia
 * 21) Ganges via Farakka Barrage in Farakka
 * 22) Mahananda River near Dumdangi
 * 23) Teesta River near Jalpaiguri
 * 24) Jaldhaka River near Altagram
 * 25) Torsa river near Ghoksadanga
 * 26) Tipkai River near Chautara
 * 27) Gaurang River at Kokrajhar
 * 28) Champabati River near Bongaigaon
 * 29) Manas River near Bongaigaon
 * 30) Beki River at Barpeta Road
 * 31) Baralia River near Rangiya
 * 32) Saraighat Bridge over Brahmaputra near Kamakhya