AGARTALA:
Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has decided to run two additional pairs of passenger trains in Tripura from Saptami to Navami on the occasion of Durga Puja.
The special trains will run between Agartala-Dharmanagar-Agartala and Agartala-Sabroom-Agartala during the three days.
Special trains will depart from Agartala railway station at 5:15 am for Dharmanagar in North district and will reach Dharmanagar at 8:45 am as per scheduled time.
The train will again depart from Dharmanagar at 10:30 am and reach Agartala by 2 pm. On the other hand, the special train between Agartala to Sabroom in South district will depart from Agartala railway station at 2:15 pm and reach Sabroom at 4:35 pm.
Again the train will leave Sarbroom for Agartala at 5 pm and reach Agartala at 7:35 pm. The trains will have a total of seven coaches. The launch of this special train will facilitate the passenger service in the state during the Durga Puja days.
Subrata Chowdhury, additional secretary of the state transport department, issued the information regarding the additional train movement in a circular.