Lumding Agartala Rail Line

Lumding Agartala Rail Line
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 38 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 38 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.

List of Trains[1]
Pair Train No. Sector Departure Arrival Stops Distance Frequency
115695Lumding Agartala 21:3015:30MBG, LFG, BPB, KXJ, BRGM, CBZ, DMR, PEC, KUGT, MANU, ABSA, TLMR, JRNA, JGNR 404 kmDaily
15696Agartala Lumding 16:1511:15

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