AGARTALA, August 5 (TIWN): Construction of platform work is going on in full-swing at Badarghat railway station. Days are not so far when Tripura will be connected with the map of Broad-gauge railway network system.

Sources said that, a track is also constructed with the aim to clean the trains at regular interval.

The long awaited dream of Broad-gauge conversion works are going in full swings at various railway tracks of Agartala. The old platform has been broken and new platform are being constructed to accommodate the train.

In a move to ease congestion and to accommodate more number of trains, a new platform is undergoing construction at Agartala railway station. After the successful BG (broad gauge) trial run of a diesel engine from Lumding to Silchar the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is working hard at much more faster pace to bring Agartala under the country’s Broad Gauge Network by March 2016.

The successful run of the trains on the broad-gauge track will bring sync with those in the rest of the country and Tripura is gearing up for faster connectivity and communication with several parts of the nation.

In order to make the Agartala Railway Station as perfect station, different works including extension of platforms, creation of new platforms and installation of new BG rail tracks have been started. As part of Mega block, the BG conversion works are also going on in full swing in Agartala railway station.

The NFR has suspended train services from Lumding to Silchar, Bhairavi (Mizoram), Badarpur and Agartala routes for gauge conversion work. However, the authorities have also decided to stop the railway service from Agartala to karimganj before Durga puja for carrying out the development work at the Agartala railway station.  

However, cross bridges over the rail line at every platform of the rail stations will also be constructed to ensure free movement of the passengers and to avoid any untoward incident.

With the introduction of the BG facility, Tripura will get connected with the other part of the nation easily.