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Friday, 28 October 2022

18:46

Special Train Between Kolkata-Agartala (16.10.2022 to 30.04.2023)

 Special Train Between Kolkata-Agartala (16.10.2022 to 30.04.2023)

SPECIAL TRAIN  TO RUN BETWEEN KOLKATA & AGARTALA

Kolkata, October 13, 2022:

Railway has decided to extend 02518/02517 Guwahati-Kolkata-Guwahati Bi-Weekly Special upto Agartala o­nce in a week with introduction of a new train no. 02502/02501 Agartala-Kolkata-Agartala special. 02502 Agartala- Kolkata special will leave  Agartala at 07:30 hrs. o­n every Wednesday in between 19.10.2022 & 30.04.2023 to reach Kolkata at 15:00 hrs. o­n the next day and  02501 Kolkata – Agartala special will leave Kolkata at 21:40 hrs.  o­n every Sunday between 16.10.2022 & 30.04.2023 to reach Agartala at 05:15 hrs. o­n the third day. 

With this extension, the existing Bi-Weekly service of 02518/02517 Guwahati-Kolkata-Guwahati has been reduced to weekly, i.e., leaving Guwahati o­n Every Saturday in between 15.10.2022 & 30.04.2023 and leaving Kolkata o­n every Thursday in between 20.10.2022 & 30.04.2023. Timings and stoppages  of 02518/02517 Guwahati-Kolkata-Guwahati will remain unchanged. 

 Hence the services of 02518/02517 Guwahati- Kolkata-Guwahati special will remain cancelled as under:

•02518 Guwahati-Kolkata special (on every Wednesday from Guwahati between 19.10.2022 & 25.01.2023)  

•02517 Kolkata- Guwahati special (on every  Sunday from Kolkata between 16.10.2022 & 29.01.2023).

02502/02501 Agartala- Kolkata-Agartala special will stop at Bandel, Nabadwip Dham, Katwa, Azimganj, Jangipur Road and Malda Town stations enroute in both directions over Eastern Railway Jurisdiction.

he train will have General Second class, Sleeper Class and Air-conditioned accommodations. Booking of Kolkata –Agartala special (02501) is available through PRS & internet. In addition to mail/express fare, special charge will be realized. Concessional booking is not allowed. Tatkal Quota is not available.

Source:Eastern Railway


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Friday, 2 July 2021

06:55

Agartala - Bengaluru Cantt -Agartala Weekly Summer Special Express

 Agartala - Bengaluru Cantt -Agartala Weekly Summer Special Express

Press Release No. 215

01-07-2021

Hubballi

Press Release No. 215, RUNNING OF TRAIN NO. 02984/02983 AGARTALA - BENGALURU CANTT - AGARTALA WEEKLY SUMMER SPECIAL EXPRESS

RUNNING OF TRAIN NO. 02984/02983 AGARTALA - BENGALURU CANTT - AGARTALA WEEKLY SUMMER SPECIAL EXPRESS

It is decided to run Train No. 02984/02983 Agartala - Bengaluru Cantt - Agartala Weekly Summer Special Express as detailed below: -      

Train No. 02984 Agartala - Bengaluru Cantt Weekly Summer Special Express will depart Agartala at 06:10 hrs o­n every Tuesday and arrive Bengaluru Cantt at 20:15 hrs o­n the respective Thursday with effect commencing journey from 06.07.2021 to 24.08.2021.

Enroute, the train will arrive / depart Ambasa- 07:08/07:10 hrs, Dharmanagar-08:28/08:30 hrs, New Karimganj- 09:55/09:57 hrs, Badarpur Jn.- 10:20/10:30 hrs,  New Haflong- 12:33/12:38 hrs, Guwahati- 19:30/19:40 hrs, Kamakhya- 20:08/20:10 hrs,  New Bongaigaon- 22:50/22:52 hrs, New Jalpaiguri- 03:05/03:15 hrs,  Kishanganj- 04:20/04:22 hrs, Malda Town- 06:50/07:00 hrs,  Rampur Hat - 08:52/08:54 hrs, Dankuni- 11:48/11:53 hrs, Andul- 12:45/12:47 hrs, Kharagpur Jn- 14:10/14:20 hrs, Bhadrakh- 16:58/17:00 hrs, Cuttack- 18:23/18:25 hrs, Bhubaneswar- 19:00/19:05 hrs,  Khurda Road Jn- 19:25/19:40 hrs,  Berhampur- 21:10/21:12 hrs, Palasa- 22:51/22:53 hrs, Srikakulam Road- 23:47/23:49 hrs, Vizianagram Jn- 00:45/00:47 hrs, Visakhapatnam- 01:45/02:05 hrs, Duvvada- 02:35/02:37 hrs, Vijayawada Jn- 06:55/07:05 hrs, Perambur - 13:55/14:00 hrs, Katpadi Jn- 16:05/16:10 hrs and Whitefield- 19:15/19:16 hrs.

In the return direction Train No. 02983 Bengaluru Cantt - Agartala Weekly Summer Special Express will depart Bengaluru Cantt at 10:15 hrs o­n every Friday and arrive Agartala at 03:00 hrs o­n the respective Monday with effect commencing journey from 09.07.2021 to 27.05.2021.

Enroute, the train will arrive / depart Whitefield- 10:41/10:42 hrs, Katpadi Jn- 13:55/14:00 hrs, Perambur - 15:35/15:40 hrs, Vijayawada Jn- 22:20/22:30 hrs, Duvvada- 03:38/03:38 hrs, Visakhapatnam- 04:20/04:40 hrs, Vizianagram Jn- 05:35/05:37 hrs, Srikakulam Road- 06:31/06:33 hrs, Palasa- 07:35/07:37 hrs, Berhampur- 08:27/8:32 hrs, Khurda Road Jn- 10:25/10:40 hrs, Bhubaneswar- 11:05/11:10 hrs, Cuttack- 11:43/11:45 hrs, Bhadrakh- 13:48/13:50 hrs, Kharagpur Jn- 16:15/16:23 hrs, Andul- 17:45/17:47 hrs, Dankuni- 18:52/18:57 hrs, Rampur Hat - 21:41/ 21:43 hrs, Malda Town- 00:25/00:35 hrs, Kishanganj- 02:38/02:40 hrs, New Jalpaiguri- 04:40/04:50 hrs, New Bongaigaon- 09:10/09:12 hrs, Kamakhya- 12:25/12:27 hrs, Guwahati- 13:05/13:20 hrs, New Haflong- 19:00/19:05 hrs, Badarpur Jn.- 21:40/21:50 hrs, New Karimganj- 22:10/22:12 hrs, Dharmanagar-23:28/23:30 hrs, Ambasa- 00:48/00:50 hrs,  

The train will have a composition of 20 coaches comprising of o­nE AC 3-tier Coaches, SEVENTEEN Second Class Sleeper Coaches, TWO Luggage cum Brake Van with Generator

Source:South Western Railway



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Saturday, 28 October 2017

08:45

Rajdhani Express:New Weekly Express Train Between Agartala and Anand Vihar Terminal

Rajdhani Express:New Weekly Express Train Between Agartala and Anand Vihar Terminal
27-10-2017
Introduction of a New Weekly Rajdhani Express Train Between Agartala and Anand Vihar Terminal
Regular service from  06.11.2017 from Agartala & from 08.11.2017 from Anand Vihar Terminal Inaugural Run ofAgartala - Anand Vihar Terminal - Agartala Special Train o­n 28.10.2017  from Agartala and o­n 30.10.2017 from Anand Vihar Terminal 
It is notified for the information of general public that for the convenience of the rail passengers ,a New Weekly Rajdhani  Express Train No. 20501/20502will be introduced to run between  Agartala and Anand Vihar Terminal  .Regular service of the 20501/20502 Agartala - Anand Vihar Terminal –Agrtala Weekly Rajdhani  Express Trainwill be from 06.11.2017 from Agartala and from 08.11.2017  from Anand Vihar Terminal.  Schedule of this Train will be as under :
20501/20502 Agartala - Anand Vihar Terminal –Agrtala Weekly Rajdhani  Express Train
The 20501 Agartala - Anand Vihar Terminal Weekly Rajdhani Express Trainwill depart fromAgartala o­n every Monday at 06.30 p.m. from 06.11.2017 to reach Anand Vihar Terminal  at 11.20 a.m. o­n Wednesday.In the return direction, the 20502Anand Vihar Terminal –Agrtala Weekly Rajdhani Express Train will depart from Anand Vihar Terminal o­n every Wednesay at 07.50 p.m.from 08.11.2017 to reach Agartala at 01.30 p.m. o­n Friday .Comprising of  01 First AC, 02 AC Two Tier &  08 AC Three Tier coaches,  the 20501/20502Agartala - Anand Vihar Terminal –Agrtala Weekly Rajdhani  Express Trainwill stop at Dharmanagar, New Karimganj, Badarpur, New Haflong, Hojai, Guwahati, Kamakhya, Rangiya, Barpeta Road, New Jalpaiguri, Katihar, Barauni, Patliputra, Mughalsarai & Kanpur Central stations enroute in both the directions.
Inaugural  Run of  02051/02052 Agartala - Anand Vihar Terminal –Agrtala Special  Rajdhani  Express Train  o­n 28.10.2017 from Agartala and o­n 30.10.2017  from Anand Vihar Terminal 
 On its inaugural run , the 02051 Agartala - Anand Vihar Terminal  Special  Rajdhani  Express Train will depart fromAgartala at 01.00 p.m. o­n Saturday, 28.10.2017to arrive at Anand Vihar Terminal  at 06.30  p.m. the third  day ( o­n 30.10.2017 ). In the return direction ,the , 02052 Anand Vihar Terminal –Agrtala Special  Rajdhani  Express Train will depart from Anand Vihar Terminal o­n  Monday 30.10.2017 at 11.00 p.m. to arrive at Agartala  at 06.45  p.m. the third  day ( o­n 01.11.2017 )
The 02051/02052 Agartala - Anand Vihar Terminal –Agrtala Special  Rajdhani  Express Train will stop at Dharmanagar, Badarpur Jn., New Haflong, Hojai, Guwahati, Kamakhya, Rangiya, Barpeta Road, New Jalpaiguri, Katihar, Barauni, Patliputra, Mughalsarai & Kanpur Central stations enroute in both the directions.

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Wednesday, 12 October 2016

06:41

KANCHANJUNGHA EXPRESS EXTENDED UPTO AGARTALA o­n 2 DAYS A WEEK

KANCHANJUNGHA EXPRESS EXTENDED UPTO AGARTALA o­n 2 DAYS A WEEK
07-10-2016
Press Release : KANCHANJUNGHA EXPRESS EXTENDED UPTO AGARTALA ON 2 DAYS A WEEK

KANCHANJUNGHA EXPRESS EXTENDED UPTO AGARTALA o­n 2 DAYS A WEEK

Kolkata, October 7, 2016 :
  • 15657/15658 Sealdah-Guwahati Kanchanjungha Express will run upto Agartala for 2 days and will be renumbered as 15659/15660 Sealdah-Agartala Kanchanjungha bi-weekly Express o­n those days.
  • 15660 Agartala-Sealdah Kanchanjungha Express will leave Agartala o­n Tuesdays & Saturdays w.e.f. 8 October, 2016. The train will leave Agartala at 5.15 hrs. to reach Sealdah at 19.25 hrs. o­n the next day.
  • 15659 Sealdah-Agartala Kanchanjungha Express will leave Sealdah o­n Sundays & Thursdays w.e.f. 9 October, 2016. The train will leave Sealdah at 6.35 hrs. to reach Agartala at 21.00 hrs. o­n the next day.
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Sunday, 31 July 2016

22:53

Flagging off Agartala- Anand Vihar Tripura sundari Express

Flagging off Agartala- Anand Vihar Tripura sundari Express

Flagging off Agartala- Anand Vihar Tripura sundari Express By Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu  Hon'ble Minister of Railways- India And Laying of foundation stone of India - Bangladesh BG Rail link
By Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu  Hon'ble Minister of Railways- India
& Md. Mazibul Hoque, Hon'ble Minister of Railways- Bangladesh



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Tuesday, 10 May 2016

16:08

Tripura rail link with Metros soon – Broad Gauge trial run on

Tripura rail link with Metros soon – Broad Gauge trial run on

Agartala: Tripura is all set to have full-fledged broad-gauge regular train service with other states, including Bengal and Delhi, after May 20. The announcement is likely to be made after the formal withdrawal of the election code of conduct, currently in force for polls in Assam, Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. At present, trial run of passenger trains on the newly laid broad-gauge track between Silchar and Agartala is on and will continue till the launching of the service. This was stated by railway minister

Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu during a discussion with Tripura MPs, Jiten Chowdhury and Sankar Prasad Datta, yesterday at Rail Bhawan. The MPs had gone to meet Prabhu to press for an early start to regular broad-gauge railway service. Prabhu said after commencement of regular service, Tripura will have railway connectivity with Calcutta and Delhi by broad-gauge passenger trains. “He, however, refused to assure the launching of Rajdhani Express for direct links with Delhi through the hilly terrain and tunnels in Assam,” Chowdhury said from Delhi over phone.

Apart from this, the transport commissioner of the state government, Samarjit Bhowmik, said direct train services from Agartala to Calcutta and Delhi would be difficult to launch because of track condition. “The stability of the tracks especially between Agartala and Silchar and between Lumding and Badarpur will have to be tested through general train services. Superfast trains like Duronto and Rajdhani Express require sturdy tracks on solid soil. If the general trains run safely, the question of running the superfast trains will be considered,” Bhowmik said.

He said he had been briefed on the matter by senior officials and engineers of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR). Bhowmik also pointed out that the hilly stretch of the tracks between Badarpur and Lumding is still prone to landslips during monsoon and even pre-monsoon rain. “This happened in early April also. Massive chunks of earth had to be removed from the tracks to clear the tracks. This may happen again during the monsoon. So the question of safety and security of services will have to be considered and weighed before giving clearance to superfast trains.”

He added that repair on the tracks was on in full swing. On slide of tracks in the Panisagar area of North Tripura and on the Churaibari-Loarpura section of tracks between North Tripura and Karimganj district of Assam’s Barak Valley, he said it is not a very serious issue. “‘These problems have been resolved and the conditions of the tracks have been tested afresh before giving clearance to a trial run of a passenger train between Silchar and Agartala.”

He said he had been assured by the NFR that after launching of regular passenger train services on broad gauge between Agartala and other state capitals and major towns, the linking of Udaipur in Tripura’s Gomati district and Sabroom in South Tripura district by broad-gauge railway would be taken up.

On the other hand, Tripura Government has also urged the Centre to link the State’s rail network with Myanmar to access the opportunity of Trans-Asian Network, official sources said here today.

In a letter addressed to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on April 29, State Transport Minister Manik Dey said there is an opportunity to connect Tripura with the Trans-Asian Network.

According to the letter, the distance between Tripura (Jawaharnagar, district headquarters of Dhalai) and Myanmar is only 257 km if railway track is laid through Mizoram.

“Once the connectivity is established with Myanmar, the State will get a chance to connect with other countries like Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia”, he pointed out in the letter.

Confirming the letters, Dey said he urged two Union Ministers to look into the matter that could change the face of Tripura if the Trans-Asian Network is accessed.

On the Akhaura-Agartala railway extension project, Dey told the media that the Centre has already sanctioned Rs 98 crore for taking up land acquisition process. “Once the money is released, the State Government will push land acquisition process for the project”, he said.

On the BG train service, Dey said daily passenger train has already been introduced in between Silchar and Agartala. “Full-fledged train service will be flagged only after the Assembly election process in Assam ends”, he said.

 Source:RailNews
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Friday, 26 February 2016

07:33

Railway Budget 2016 : Better Rail connectivity to Tripura,Manipur,Jammu,Mizoram

Railway Budget 2016 : Better Rail connectivity to Tripura,Manipur,Jammu,Mizoram 

Better Rail connectivity to North East & Jammu and Kashmir

The Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has said that better connectivity to the North Eastern States is of utmost priority for the Indian Railways. Presenting the Railway Budget 2016-17 in Parliament today he said, Indian Railways have opened the long-awaited Broad Gauge Lumding-Silchar section in Assam, thus connecting Barak Valley with rest of the country. It also brought Agartala, the capital of Tripura on to the Broad Gauge network. He said, the States of Mizoram and Manipur are also set to come on the Broad Gauge map of the country soon with commissioning of the Kathakal-Bhairabi and Arunachal-Jiribam Gauge Conversion projects.

The Minister said, in J&K, despite difficult terrain and uncertain geology, work on Katra-Banihal section of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project is progressing satisfactorily and 35 Kilometers of tunneling, out of total of 95 Kilometers has been completed successfully. He said, the decongestion work on the Jalandhar- Jammu line, an important link to the valley, is going on in full swing. Doubling of two bridges will be commissioned by March 2016, while the other two bridges will be completed by 2016-17, Shri Suresh Prabhu added.
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Thursday, 25 February 2016

08:07

Barak Valley now connected with Manipur, Tripura and Delhi

Barak Valley now connected with Manipur, Tripura and Delhi

After 69 years of independence, Southern Assam gets direct train to New Delhi. Focus is to connect North-east with rest of India via a robust rail network; said Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister of Railways

Silchar: Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today flagged off three trains, connecting the Barak valley with Manipur and Tripura as well as with Delhi via the rail route.

People of southern Assam’s multi-ethnic Barak valley bordering Bangladesh had a key role in the Independence movement of India. But it took 69 years since Independence to link the land-locked region that not only has three districts of Assam but is also the gateway by road to Tripura, Mizoram and parts of Manipur, to get its first direct trains to the national capital.

Prabhu flagged off the first freight trains from Badarpur in Karimganj district of Assam to Jirania in Agartala and to Jiribam in Manipur by remote from Silchar railway station at 2.58pm. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Saturday flagged off the weekly Silchar-New Delhi Poorvottar Sampark Kranti special express at a colourful ceremony at Silchar railway station in Cachar district of Southern Assam bordering Bangladesh. Prabhu declared that by 2020, all the state capitals of Northeast will have direct rail connectivity to New Delhi.

In a historic moment for the people of Barak valley, he also flagged off the Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express from Silchar to New Delhi at 2.45pm.

Addressing the gathering at the Silchar railway station, Prabhu said all the capitals of the northeastern states would be brought under the railway map by 2020.

“It’s really very unfortunate that the people of this region had to wait for long to get railway services. We are determined to connect all the eight states of the Northeast by 2020. There will be no dearth of funds for the completion of this dream project,” he added.

The railway minister today announced that a passenger train would begin plying between Agartala and Silchar by April 14.

“I also request the NF Railway authorities to start a new Silchar-Guwahati inter-city express before the beginning of the new year. It will be a gift for the people of this valley on the occasion of the Indian New Year,” he added.

Prabhu also announced that he would try his best to run a train from Silchar to Tinsukia and another train from here to either Mumbai or Chennai soon.

The railway minister said the gauge-conversion work on the Agartala-Bangladesh route had also been started.

“We are committed to improve railway infrastructure in the Northeast. We provided an all-time high budget allotment of Rs 5,300 crore to the projects in this region in 2015-16. I assure you that there will be no dearth of funds in this mission,” he added.

He underscored the importance of railway connectivity in bringing development to a particular place. “Better railway connectivity will also provide better marketing facilities and contribute to the socio-economical development of this region,” he said.

With the gauge conversion of the erstwhile metre-gauge line from Arunachal village near Silchar in Assam to Jiribam in Imphal East district of Manipur, one more northeastern state has been brought onto the broad-gauge railway map of India. The revised estimated cost of this line is Rs 252 crore.

The gauge-conversion of Badarpur-Baraigram was sanctioned in 2003-04 and Baraigram to Kumarghat in Tripura in 2007-08 as material modification to Lumding-Silchar gauge conversion project at an estimated cost of Rs 565 crore. The work has been completed in this route.

A trial freight train was taken on the section and then up to Agartala on January 13 this year. To connect the capital of Tripura, the Kumarghat-Agartala broad-gauge line (109km) was sanctioned in 1996-97.

Addressing the people at the inaugural ceremony, Prabhu said that besides Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura, Manipur will be connected in the railway circuit within 2017-19 and Aizawl will also be connected in the same period.

“The North East has the capacity to contribute significantly to the nation’s development. But the region and people living in the states here need better connectivity to stay connected with the rest of India. It is a historic day for the people of the Barak Valley, who have long been waiting for better connectivity. We must turn our promises into performance. All the State capitals of the North East will be connected by railways by 2020,” Prabhu assured the gathering.

Prabhu said efforts will be made to extend rail routes to Kohima, Shillong and Gangtok within 2020 and officials have been instructed to do their best to achieve this mission.

He said that “acche din” for the people of the Barak Valley began with the starting of the Silchar-Guwahati passenger express on November 21 last. He announced that the Silchar-Agartala inter-city express and passenger trains, Silchar-Guwahati and Silchar-Tinsukia train services will be started within April 14. He also said that the Railways is aware of the need for trains from Silchar to Mumbai and Chennai and the issue will be discussed for introducing trains on the said routes at the earliest.

He also assured Silchar MP Susmita Dev that there will be no dearth of funds for ushering in development in the Barak Valley.

BJP MPs from Guwhati and Mangaldai, Bijoya Chakravarty and Ramen Deka, also spoke on the occasion. NF Railway General Manager HK Jaggi delivered the welcome address.

The Minister inaugurated the commercial BG freight trains from Badarpur to Jirania (Tripura) and Badarpur-Jiribam of Manipur this afternoon in the presence of NFR GM HK Jaggi, NFR Chief Administrative Officer Ajit Pandit, Chief Engineer Rabindra Ram and several other NFR officials, besides a huge gathering at the Silchar Railway Station. Immediately after the inauguration, two goods trains started their journey from Badarpur to Jirania and another goods train started moving from Badarpur to Jiribam. A large number of people who gathered at the Badarpur station greeted the Sampark Kranti express as soon as it arrived.
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Wednesday, 13 January 2016

21:41

NE state capitals to be linked by rail by 2020: MoS Railways

NE state capitals to be linked by rail by 2020: MoS Railways

"The capitals of the north-eastern states would be connected by rails by 2020 and this capital city (Agartala) would be on the country's broad gauge railway map by March this year," he said here. 

Sinha today received the first broad gauge trial train here in the presence of state PWD Minister Badal Chowdhury and Transport Minister Manik Dey. 

He said the construction of 15 km-long railway track to connect Agartala with Akhaura in Bangladesh "is a top priority". 

The project is funded by the Government of India for connecting Tripura and West Bengal via Bangladesh, he said. 

The process of acquiring land in Bangladesh was complete and in India, it would start soon, he said adding a 3.7 km-long railway track on Indian side would be a viaduct (through an elevated corridor) to reduce the cost of acquisition of land. 

Laying of railway line from Agartala to Sabroom in South Tripura district bordering Bangladesh would be completed by 2018, he said. 

To a question, the Union Minister said Tripura's demands for setting up a railway division and a railway recruitment board here are genuine but decision on it cannot be taken in a hurry.

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Tuesday, 6 October 2015

07:44

Uncertainty persists over India-Bangla Rail project as DoNER Ministry yet to allocate Funds

Uncertainty persists over India-Bangla Rail project as DoNER Ministry yet to allocate Funds

Agartala: Five years after the plan for an India-Bangladesh railway network was approved, uncertainty persists over the project as no funds have been allocated yet, authorities said.

“It is not certain when the work for the project would start. No funds have been allocated so far for the Agartala (India)-Akhaura (Bangladesh) railway project,” Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) general manager R.K. Gupta told reporters here on Sunday evening.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said: “No funds were also allocated for land acquisition for the railway project. We would start work immediately after the sanction of funds.”

The Rs.575-crore project was finalised in January 2010 when Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met then Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh during her visit to New Delhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina discussed the project again during Modi’s visit to Dhaka on June 6-7 this year.

India announced it would bear the entire cost of the 15-km long railway project. Of the 15 km, five km fall in the Indian territory and the rest 10 km in Bangladesh.

“NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog had decided in a meeting in Delhi on June 18 to put in place the vital railway project between India and Bangladesh by December 2017,” Tripura transport secretary Samarjit Bhowmik told.

Bhowmik, who attended the NITI Aayog meeting, said: “The alignment and other technicalities of laying the track to link Agartala railway station with Bangladesh’s Akhaura railway station have been changed recently. A final report on the new alignment was also submitted for sanction of funds.”

NITI Aayog’s advisor Animesh Singh presided over the meeting in New Delhi, where officials of ministries of railways, development of north-eastern region (DoNER), external affairs and the Tripura government participated.

Bhowmik said that India’s external affairs ministry earlier announced it would provide funds to lay the tracks in the Bangladesh territory.

Tripura Transport Minister Manik Dey also held a meeting with Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in New Delhi on September 23 and urged him to expedite the issues related to the project.

“The railway minister told me that he would personally talk to the Railway Board and external affairs ministry about the funding of the project,” Dey told IANS on Monday.

The project cost was earlier estimated at Rs.271 crore. In addition, Rs.302 crore was needed to acquire around 97.60 acres of land in India’s Tripura for laying the tracks.

“After the latest alignment of the project, now 72 acres of land would be required. Hence, the funds required would be reduced to Rs.98 crore from Rs.302 crore,” Dey added.

“Earlier, the DoNER ministry committed to provide funds to lay tracks on the Indian side. But recently the DoNER ministry categorically expressed its inability to give funds. Railway ministry was considering providing funds for the Tripura part of the project, but has not yet taken a final decision,” an NFR official said.

State-owned Indian Railway Construction Company (IRCON) is expected to lay the tracks on both sides of the border. The NFR is the nodal agency for the project.

“The railway connectivity between the north-eastern state and Bangladesh would boost socio-economic, trade and business ties between the two countries. After the commissioning of the railway project, Tripura would act as a corridor to the South-East Asian countries,” Dey said.

Dey told IANS: “It would become cost-effective to ferry men and materials between the two countries, and between the mountainous north-east region and other parts of India via Bangladesh once the railway project is completed.”

The 1,650-km distance between Agartala and Kolkata would be reduced to only 515 km once the rail track is constructed through Bangladesh, he added.
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Thursday, 10 September 2015

07:36

Agartala to be linked by Broad Gauge Rail line in six months

Agartala to be linked by Broad Gauge Rail line in six months

Agartala (AGTL): After Assam’s main city of Guwahati, Tripura capital Agartala would be the second key city in northeast India to be linked by broad gauge rail network by March next year, the state chief secretary quoted Railway Board chairman as saying on Wednesday.

Agartala was the first state capital in the northeast to come on the country’s rail map in 2008 through a meter gauge track.

“During a recent video conference meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Railway Board chairman A.K. Mittal and myself, Mittal said that the work of conversion of the existing track to broad gauge would be completed by March 2016,” Tripura Chief Secretary Y.P. Singh told reporters.

Mittal said southern Tripura’s Gomati and Sabroom border town, 135 km from Agartala, would be connected by broad gauge railway network by March 2017.

From Sabroom, Bangladesh’s international sea port is just 72 km.

According to an official document of Northeast Frontier Railway, all northeastern states, including Sikkim, would be connected through broad gauge by March 31, 2020.

The document said Indian Railways laid great emphasis on improvement in railway infrastructure in the northeastern region. Accordingly, over Rs.5,200 crore was spent on new lines, gauge conversion and doubling projects in the region in 2014-15. In 2015-16, a still higher outlay of Rs.5,338 crore has been provided for railway projects in the northeastern region.

Meanwhile, Tripura would remain out of the rail network for more than six months as the NFR would undertake gauge conversion work from September 20.

“Due to conversion of railway line, both passenger and goods trains between Badarpur (southern Assam) and Agartala section would be stopped from September 20,” NFR Chief Public Relations Officer P.J. Sharma said.

The entire conversion work on the Badarpur-Kumarghat-Agartala section ought to be completed by March 31, 2016.

The railways have faced severe criticism for the delay in completing the Rs.5,185-crore project, considered a lifelin
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Tuesday, 28 July 2015

08:14

Bangladesh and India Agreements for Railway Traffic between the Routes

Progress in Rail Sector Between India and Bangladesh
The Fundamental and Subsidiary Rules for Interchange of Railway Traffic between India and Bangladesh was signed in Dhaka on 11.08.1972. These Rules, mutatis mutandis, are still continuing.

Indian Railways have Agreements with Bangladesh Railway for interchange of goods traffic between India and Bangladesh via the following routes:

Route
Operational
Gede(India)--Darsana (Bangladesh)
Since 1972
Singhabad(India)–Rohanpur (Bangladesh)
Since 1992
Petrapole(India)–Benapole (Bangladesh)
Since 2001
Radhikapur(India)-- Birol (Bangladesh)
Not operational since 01.04.2005. Gauge conversion on Bangladesh side is yet to be completed.
Mahisasan(India)–Shahbazpur (Bangladesh)
Not operational since December 1996 due to breaches and lack of traffic.
An Agreement was signed between the Government of India and the Government of Bangladesh in Dhaka on 10.04.2008 for running passenger train services between India and Bangladesh. Maitree Express is running between Kolkata and Dhaka Cantonment via Gede – Darsana route.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was also signed between the Government of India and the Government of Bangladesh in Dhaka on 16.02.2013 for development of Railway infrastructure to establish rail link between Agartala (India) and Akhaura (Bangladesh). This project is presently at standstill because of sharp increase in cost of land for the sections in India.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.

Source:PIBNEWS.


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Saturday, 20 June 2015

20:36

Railway ministry to send team for India-Bangla rail project

Railway ministry to send team for India-Bangla rail project

AGARTALA: To push India-Bangla rail extension project, railways ministry would be sending a high level team to expedite the process soon.

The decision of sending the railway ministry team to have a first-hand knowledge about the proposed rail project was taken at a meeting of NITI Aayog held in Delhi on June 18, said transport secretary Samarjit Bhowmik.

NITI Aayog in the meeting decided to implement the railway extension project from Agartala to Gangasagar (Bangladesh) by 2017.

“It was decided that Agartala-Gangasagar (Bangladesh) would be completed by 2017 but it was not clarified when the work for the dream railway extension work will begin,” Bhowmik said.

Bhowmik said of the total 5km proposed railway project in Indian side, altogether 2.5km rail link would be overhead while the remaining part would be laid on the land. This would reduce the estimated expenditure for land acquisition to connect Agartala railway station with Bangladesh’s Gangasagar railway station.

It was estimated that Rs 302 crore would be required to acquire land for the 5km railway track in Indian side.

“Uncertainty over funding the ambitious project was also removed after NITI Aayog clarified that the railway ministry will pump fund to implement the project,” Bhowmik, who was present at the meeting said.

NITI Aayog adviser Manoj Singh presided over the meeting while joint secretaries of ministry of external affairs (MEA), DoNER and top officials from railways ministry remained present there.

Source :UdaipurKiran
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