Maligaon, October 10 (MExN): Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has decided to extend the service of Guwahati-Kolkata-Guwahati Express upto Agartala. Train no. 02518/02517 (Guwahati-Kolkata-Guwahati) Express will be extended upto Agartala with a new train no. 02502/02501 (Agartala- Kolkata-Agartala) Express once a week.
Both the trains will run upto April 30, 2023. The inaugural special of this extension will be flagged off by President of India on October 13 at 09:25 am from Agartala railway station. Inaugural special train between Agartala & Kolkata will be flagged off from Agartala station on October 13 at 09:25 am to reach Kolkata the next day. In return direction, the train will depart from Kolkata on October 14 to reach Agartala on October 16. The inaugural special will run via New Karimganj, New Haflong, Guwahati, Goalpara Town, Kokrajhar, New Coochbehar, Kishanganj, Katwa and Bandel. It will run with a composition of 14 coaches. One First Class AC, five AC 3-tiers, six sleeper class coaches, one general sitting and one Guard cum Luggage Coach.
During its regular run train no. 02502 (Agartala-Kolkata) Express will depart from Agartala at 07:30 hours on every Wednesday to reach Kolkata the next day. In return direction, train no. 02501 (Kolkata-Agartala) Express will depart from Kolkata at 21:40 hours on every Sunday to reach Agartala on Tuesday. Existing train no. 02518 (Guwahati-Kolkata) Express will depart from Guwahati at 21:00 hours on every Saturday to reach Kolkata the next day. In return direction, train no. 02517 (Kolkata - Guwahati) Express will depart from Kolkata at 21:40 hours on every Thursday to reach Guwahati the next day.
This was stated in a press release issued by Sabyasachi De, Chief Public Relations Officer, NFR.
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