Tripura entered the broad gauge railway map of the country on Sunday with Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagging off the Agartala-New Delhi ‘Tripura Sundari Express’. The foundation stone for the much awaited railway track to link Agartala to Akhoura in Bangladesh was jointly laid at the programme by Prabhu and his Bangladeshi counterpart Md Mujibul Haque.’Tripura Sundari Express’ will run once a week on Sundays and will reach New Delhi in 47 hours after travelling via Guwahati-New Jalpaiguri. Rs 968 crore was spent for Agartala-Delhi rail link.
Route
Train halts are
- Agartala, Tripura
- Ambassa
- Dharmanagar
- Karimganj Jn
- Badarpur Jn
- New Haflong
- Lumding Jn
- Hojai
- Jagiroad
- Guwahati
- New Bongaigaon
- New Jalpaiguri
- Barauni Jn
- Patliputra
- Mughal Sarai Jn
- Allahabad Jn
- Kanpur Central
- Anand Vihar, East Delhi
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Express train |
| Status | Operating |
| Locale | Tripura, Assam, West Bengal,Bihar, Uttar Pradesh & Delhi |
| First service | July 31, 2016[1] |
| Current operator(s) | Indian Railways |
| Route | |
| Start | Agartala (AGTL) |
| Stops | 18 |
| End | Anand Vihar Terminal (ANVT) |
| Distance travelled | 2,486 km (1,545 mi) |
| Average journey time | 48 hours |
| Service frequency | Weekly |
| Train number(s) | 14019 / 14020 |
| On-board services | |
| Class(es) | AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier, Sleeper |
| Sleeping arrangements | Yes |
| Baggage facilities | Overhead racks |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Electrification | No |
| Operating speed | 52 kilometres per hour (32 mph) |
| Track owner(s) | Indian Railways |
Addressing the gathering, Prabhu said a regular train service between Agartala and Kolkata would be started next month. “Kolkata is the cultural capital of the country and Tripura has a long historic connection with it,” he said. On the Agartala-Akhoura railway link, Prabhu said it would be part of trans-Asian rail connectivity.
“We are committed to bring connectivity with Bangladesh. The relation between India and Bangladesh is very cordial and they (Bangladesh) are cooperative in our initiative,” he said. The rail track here would be extended to Sabroom, the southern-most town in Tripura, which is only 75 km from Chittagong port in Bangladesh.
“Chittagong port is the best port in Asia. We want to connect Indian Railways track with Chittagong port through Sabroom,” Prabhu said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said, is very keen to make northeast region a tourist hub. “We want to develop railway network in the entire northeast and want to make it a tourist hub. We want to bring Bangladesh into the same tourist circuit,”
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