Maligaon, January 8 (MExN): The first Janshatabdi Express Train connecting the state of Manipur with Tripura via Assam was flagged off by Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology through video link from Railway Board on Saturday.
Train No. 02097/02098 Agartala – Jiribam - Agartala Janshatabdi inaugural special trains were flagged off from Agartala and Jiribam railway stations simultaneously. The inaugural was graced by G Kishan Reddy, Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Nongthombam Biren Singh, Chief Minister of Manipur through video link and Biplab Kumar Deb, Chief Minister of Tripura.
Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs, Education; Pratima Bhoumik, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment; Vungzagin Valte, Minister for Transport & GAD, Tribal Affairs & Hills, Manipur; Pranajit Singha Roy, Minister for Transport, Tourism, Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare, Tripura and other dignitaries were also present.
In addition to Agartala and Jiribam from where both the up and down service was inaugurated, the event also took place at Railway Board, Delhi and CM Office, Imphal through video conferencing.
First Janshatabdi express train from Manipur to Tripura via Arunachal station (Silchar) in Assam will connect some important and historic towns like Silchar, Badarpur, New Karimganj, Dharmanagar and Ambassa apart from Jiribam and Agartala the two terminal stations. Train journey shall cut the travel time by half as the journey time will be around 06 hours covering a distance of 300 Kms against about 12 hours or so it takes to travel by road. The schedule tri-weekly service of train No. 12097/12098 Agartala –Jiribam - Agartala Janshatabdi Express on Monday, Wednesday and Friday will commence w.e.f 10-01-2022 (Monday). The train will leave from Agartala at 06-00 hours to reach Jiribam at 12-00 hours. In return direction, the train will leave from Jiribam at 16-00 hours to reach Agartala at 22-00 hours.
This was stated in a press release issued by Guneet Kaur, Chief Public Relations Officer, NFR.
