Lumding Agartala Rail Line

Lumding Agartala Rail Line
Overview
Type	Diesel
System	Broad Gauge
Status	In Service
Locale	Assam, Tripura, India
Termini	Lumding Agartala
Stations	51 oprational
Services	Via Dharmanagar
Operation
Opened	2008
Owner	Indian Railways
Operator(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway
Technical
Line length	412 km (256 mi)
No. of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Old gauge	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 broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 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 used to run between Lumding and Agartala daily. This route was meter gauge but was conveted to 1676mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad Gauge under project unigauge. Currently, the line is converted to 1676mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad Gauge, freight services have resumed.

List of Trains

Pair	Train No.	Sector	Departure	Arrival	Stops	Distance	Frequency
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

See also

• Indian Railway
• Lumding
• Tripura

External links

• Indiarailinfo
• Erail