Lumding Agartala Rail Line
Lumding Agartala Rail Line | |
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Overview | |
Type | Diesel |
System | Metre Gauge |
Status | Operational |
Locale | Assam, Tripura, India |
Termini |
Lumding Agartala |
Stations | 51 oprational |
Services | Via Dharmanagar |
Operation | |
Opening | 2008 |
Owner | Indian Railways |
Operator(s) | Northeast Frontier Railway |
Technical | |
Line length | 412 km (256 mi) |
No. of tracks | 1 |
Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge |
Operating speed | Up to 50 km/h |
Lumding Agartala Railway is a section of Indian Railways under Lumding railway division of Northeast Frontier Railway. It is a single metre gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) track from Lumding city in Nagaon District of Assam state to Agartala in West Tripura district of Tripura state. The line connects the Agartala from Assam and other part of India . The 87 kilometres (54 mi) segment from Manu to Agartala became operational in 2008. The segment from Agartala to Sabroom via Udaipur, Tripura may become operational in 2014.
Further Extension
The track from Agartala to Akhaura Akhaura Laksam Chittagong line in Bangladesh is under construction. It may be opened for traffic in the year 2015. The line will reduce the distance between Kolkata and Agartala by 1000 km, from current about 1500 km via Guwahati.
Current services
One Express trains run between Lumding and Agartala daily. This route is meter gauge but the gauge conversion is going on under project unigauge.
Pair | Train No. | Sector | Departure | Arrival | Stops | Distance | Frequency |
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1 | 15695 | Lumding – Agartala | 21:30 | 15:30 | MBG, LFG, BPB, KXJ, BRGM, CBZ, DMR, PEC, KUGT, MANU, ABSA, TLMR, JRNA, JGNR | 404 km | Daily |
15696 | Agartala – Lumding | 16:15 | 11:15 | ||||
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