Northeast Frontier Railway: Service of Agartala – Secunderabad – Agartala Special train to continue

DIMAPUR: The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has decided to extend the service of weekly Agartala – Secunderabad – Agartala Special train from June 5 to August 4, 2023, to clear extra rush of passengers. The train will run with the existing stoppages, timings and revised composition, NFR stated in an update.

Services of train No. 07030 (Secunderabad – Agartala) Special has been extended to run from June 5 to July 31. The train will depart from Secunderabad at 16:35 hours every Monday to reach Agartala at 03:00 hours on Thursday.

In return direction, train No. 07029 (Agartala – Secunderabad) Special has been extended to run from June 9 to August 4. The train departs from Agartala at 06:10 hours every Friday to reach Secunderabad at 16:15 hours on Sunday.

Further, it has been decided to provide stoppages of train No. 15663/15664 (Agartala – Silchar – Agartala) Express at Jogendranagar, Jirania and Manu stations on experimental basis with effect from May 20 to fulfill the demand of local people.

The first service with new stoppages were flagged off on May 20 from Jirania station by Minister of Transport and Tourism, Govt. of Tripura, Sushanta Chowdhury,  in presence of local passengers and railway officials.

Accordingly, train No. 15663 (Agartala – Silchar) Express will arrive at Jogendranagar at 11:10 hours, Jirania station at 11:26 hours and Manu at 12:59 hours. In return direction, train No. 15664 (Silchar – Agartala) Express will arrive at Manu at 13:59 hours, Jirania at 15:30 hours and Jogendranagar at 15:47 hours. Stoppage timings will be for one minute at each station.

The details of stoppages and timings of this train are available at IRCTC website and also notified in various newspapers and social media platforms of NFR.