GUWAHATI: In a bid to further extend rail connectivity in Manipur, Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway has decided to operate the Jan Shatabdi Express train between Agartala and Jiribam up to Khongsang in Manipur.
The train will commence its regular journey with effect from October 14 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, informed a press release.
This section has been newly constructed under Jiribam-Imphal new line project. Train journey travel time is less than half as the journey time will be around seven hours, covering a distance of 300 km against about 15 hours or so by road.
The Jan Shatabdi will be having new Linke Hofmann Busch coaches with latest amenities for passengers. Moreover, a Vistadome coach has also been added in this train.
The inaugural train will be flagged off by the President of India on October 13 at 8:45 am from the Agartala Railway Station. Further, the inaugural time of 02516/02515 (Agartala-Kolkata-Agartala) has been revised to start at 8:45 am.
The inaugural special train will reach Khongsang at 6 pm on the same day.
During its regular run, train No 12097 (Agartala-Khongsang) Jan Shatabdi Express will depart from Agartala at 6:00 am with effect from October 14 to reach Khongsang at 1:40 pm on the same day. In the return direction, train No 12098 (Khongsang-Agartala) Jan Shatabdi Express will depart from Khongsang at 2:40 pm with effect from October 14 to reach Agartala at 10 pm on the same day. The train will run with a composition of eight coaches - one Vistadome coach, one AC chair car, four non-AC chair car, one luggage-cum-power car and one guard-cum-luggage rake.
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