Maligaon, July 17 (MExN): The Northeast Frontier Railway has decided to restore the services of passenger carrying trains which were earlier cancelled due to breaches in several locations of the Lumding – Badarpur section under Lumding Division.
According to a press release from the NFR’s Chief Public Relations Officer Sabyaschi De on Sunday, railway officials worked day and night to bring back the national transporter on track in these affected areas so that scarcity of essential items in states like Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, and Barak Valley areas could be avoided. Freight train services were started with effect from midnight of July 12, and now the passenger train services are also going to be restored, it added.
In this connection, the CPRO informed that the following train services would resume: Train No. 15615/15616 (Guwahati –Silchar - Guwahati) Express & Train No. 13173 (Sealdah – Agartala) Kanchanjungha Express commencing journey on July 22; Train No. 15626 (Agartala – Deoghar) Express, Train No. 15641 (Silchar – New Tinsukia) Express, Train No.13174 (Agartala – Sealdah) Kanchanjungha Express & Train No.13175 (Sealdah – Silchar) Kanchanjungha Express commencing journey on July 23; Train No. 15642 (New Tinsukia – Silchar) Express, Train No. 15612 (Silchar – Guwahati) Express & Train No.12515 (Coimbatore – Silchar) Express commencing journey on July 24;Train No. 14620 (Firozpur Cant. – Agartala) Express, Train No. 15625 (Deoghar – Agartala) Express, Train No. 20501 (Agartala – Anand Vihar Terminal) Tejas Rajdhani Express, Train No. 15611 (Guwahati – Silchar) Express & Train No.13176 (Silchar – Sealdah) Kanchanjungha Express commencing journey on July 25;Train No.12516 (Silchar – Coimbatore) Express & Train No.12507 (Thiruvananthapuram Central – Silchar) Express commencing journey on July 26; Train No. 20502 (Anand Vihar Terminal – Agartala) Tejas Rajdhani Express commencing journey on July 26; Train No. 14619 (Agartala - Firozpur Cant.) Express, Train No. 14038 (New Delhi – Silchar) Express & Train No.12508 (Silchar - Thiruvananthapuram Central) Express commencing journey on July 28; Train No. 15888/15887 (Guwahati – Badarpur – Guwahati) Tourist Express commencing journey on July 30; Train No. 14037 (Silchar - New Delhi) Express commencing journey on August 1; Train No. 12504 (Agartala - Bangalore Cant) Express, commencing journey on August 6; and Train No. 12503 (Bangalore Cant – Agartala) Express, commencing journey on August 9.
The details of stoppages and timings of these trains are available at IRCTC website and through NTES and are also being notified in various newspapers and social media platforms of NFR, it said, while advising passengers to verify the details before undertaking their journey.
