Kanchanjunga Express train between Agartala and Kolkata to start - 1,556 km journey in 38 hours

At long last, the much-awaited passenger train service between Agartala and Kolkata is set to take off and it will cover the 1,556-Km journey in 38 hours. It had been a decades-old demand of people from the Northeastern state of Tripura which will now be fulfilled.
This has been reported in thestatesman.com dated 6 October 2016.

The service will be operated by Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) and the train, Kanchanjunga Express, would run between Agartala and Sealdah (Kolkata) via Silchar and Guwahati in Assam twice a week. Its schedule is - it would leave from Agartala for Sealdah via Guwahati and Silchar on Tuesdays and Saturdays while it would depart from Sealdah for Agartala on Sundays and Thursdays.
The train will have halts at around 35 important stations en-route including Silchar, Guwahati, New Bongaigaon, New Coochbehar, New Jalpaiguri, Malda Town, Bolpur Shantiniketan and New Alipurduar and the total journey time for the 1,556 km journey will be 38 hours. By virtue of the train, the connectivity between Tripura and Kolkata will improve and bring much relief to the Bengali population in the state.


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