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2017’s Tripura : Modi gifts Broad Gauge, Rajdhani Express, Manik Sarkar gifts FAKE 12000 Jobs & scam filled 10323 Teachers Job cancellation : Statewide festive mood all set to welcome Rajdhani Express inauguration on Saturday 1pm
TIWN Oct 28,2017
2017’s Tripura  : Modi gifts Broad Gauge, Rajdhani Express, Manik Sarkar gifts FAKE 12000 Jobs & scam filled 10323 Teachers Job cancellation : Statewide festive mood all set to welcome Rajdhani Express inauguration on Saturday 1pm
PHOTO : Rajdhani Express on Friday afternoon at Agartala Railway Station. TIWN Pic Oct 27

AGARTALA, Oct 28 (TIWN): Tripura’s lakhs of hopes will turn into reality when Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain will flag off the much eagerly awaited Rajdhani Express on Saturday at 1pm from Agartala Station. In comparison to Modi Govt’s gifts of broad gauge and Rajdhani express, Tripura’s corrupt Chief Minister Manik Sarkar gifted State with 12000 FAKE Jobs & 10323 cancelled jobs so destroying future over 22,323 lives. After Meter gauge to Broad Gauge conversion in 2016, Tripura had been continued to get express trains. In 2016 itself, July 31st state got another new Railway connectivity with New Delhi's via Tripura Sundari Express train and now finally, with Rajdhani Express's official inauguration that will be held at Agartala Railway station (1 PM), Tripura passengers can cover Rajdhani Delhi's journey within 40 hours.

Excitement, happiness have gripped that station workers, employees, passengers across Agartala Railway Station. TIWN visited and talked to all sections of people gathered at the Ralway Station on Friday night. Modi’s ‘Act East’ Policy, Development Mantra finally grinding Manik Sarkar’s corrupt era of 25 years.

In 2016 before the Broad gauge, Agartala Railway Station was seen less busy, less crowded but today due to the availability of local trains as well as express trains the station remains all the time busy amidst tight security.

Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain will flag off the much expected Rajdhani Express train between Tripura capital Agartala and Delhi's Anand Vihar station.

"The Rajdhani Express with some empty coaches successfully conducted trial services in between Agartala and southern Assam's Lumding earlier this month," an official of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) said.

He said that the Railway Board is yet to notify the details, including fare and journey schedule of operating Rajdhani Express between New Delhi and Agartala.

"The Rajdhani Express from Agartala would reach Anand Vihar station in around 40 hours covering 16 stations in Tripura, Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh," the official added.

Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy will be present in the inaugural function along with two state ministers - PWD and Revenue Minister Badal Choudhury and Transport Minister Manik Dey, three CPI-M MPs and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Dilip Das besides others.

Agartala would be the third city in northeast India after Assam's Guwahati and Dibrugarh to be connected by a Rajdhani Express. 

With the extension of the metre gauge track up to Agartala through southern Assam, Tripura became the first state capital in the northeast in October 2008 to be brought on India's rail map after the country's independence. Subsequently, the metre gauge was converted into broad gauge.

The NFR is now further extending the railway lines up to southern Tripura's bordering town Sabroom, 135 km south of Agartala.

Preparation for the official inauguration of Rajdhani is completed at Agartala Railway Station. Local people have been thronged to see the glimpses of red-coloured Rajdhani Express.

Agartala got broad gauge facility by March 2016. Works for conversion in BG from a small meter gauge track from Lumding to Silchar in Assam was completed in March 2015 Freight services to Agartala had already resumed by then.

It was 31st July 2016 when Suresh Prabhu the then Railway Minister of India inaugurated the Agartala-New Delhi, ‘Tripura Sundari Express linking the broad gauge with the rest of the country.  

Rajdhani Express has already arrived at Agartala Railway Station with 14 coaches in total to drive Tripura from Agartala to New Delhi with an exclusive journey experience. Among the 14 coaches 1 coach will be for AC (First Class), 1 coach for AC Hot Buffet Car, 2 will be Tier and rest of 8 will be AC-3 Tier (Power cum Luggage Van).

Agartala to Anand Vihar Rajdhani Express will be a 40 hours journey. Tripura already was facilitated with Tripura Sundari express which takes 48 hours i.e. total 2 days to reach Anand Vihar but now with Rajdhani atleast 8 hours will be save as the journey will take only 40 hours.  

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