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Railway Minister flags off maiden broad-gauge train service between Agartala and Delhi

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on 31 July 2016 flagged off maiden broad-gauge train service between Agartala and Delhi, ‘Tripura Sundari Express’.
•    The ‘Tripura Sundari Express’ will run weekly between Agartala and Anand Vihar in Delhi. 
•    It will have commercial stoppages at 16 stations and cover a distance of 2461 kms in 46 hours and 50 minutes.
•    The train will reach Delhi via Guwahati and New Jappaiguri. The rail link was developed at an expense of 968 crore rupees.
•    The laying the 15.054 rail track will be completed by 2017. Of the total track, only five km will be on the Indian side and the rest in Bangladesh.
•    Haque announced that Bangladesh has decided to launch a new train between Khulna and Kolkata in addition to the Maitri Express train that plies between Dhaka and Kolkata.

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