NF Railway writes to Railway Board proposing Jan Shatabdi between Silchar & Agartala

Dec. 4: Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway has written a letter to Railway Board proposing tri-weekly Jan Shatabdi express between Silchar and Agartala. NF Railway in its letter written on 3 December,2021 wrote the letter to the Railway Board providing reference of a letter issued in this connection by the Chief Secretary of the Government of Tripura.

NF Railway wrote, “There is consistent demand from Government as well as representatives of various sections to run a Jan Shatabdi kind of service between Silchar and Agartala. As per the letter under reference, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tripura has also requested Hon’ble Railway Minister in this regard. The matter has been examined by this railway and it is found that running of the above service is operationally feasible. One released ICF rake of 10 coaches is available and can be utilised to run a new tri-weekly service between Agartala and Silchar.”

Silchar is the headquarters of Cachar district and one of the largest cities in Assam. Agartala is the capital city of Tripura and one of the largest cities in northeast India. Both the cities share social, cultural, educational and economic relations. At present, both the cities are connected directly by only 15663/15664 Agartala-Silchar Express (Daily) which runs with 18 coaches (GS-13, GSCN-1, GSCZ-1, ACCN-1 and GSLR-2). This service is very popular as there is no other service between the two cities. This was stated in the letter by NF Railway.

NF Railway also provided the tentative timings of the proposed Jan Shatabdi service: