Maligaon, September 2 (MExN): The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) will operate two short distance parcel special trains comprising of 10 general class coaches depending on demand “exclusively within” its jurisdiction.
NFR Chief Public Relations Officer, Guneet Kaur in a press release informed that it planned to run one weekly special parcel train between Katihar to Jorhat town and vice versa with stoppages at Kishanganj, New Jalpaiguri, Dhupguri, Falakata, New Coochbehar, Gosaigaon Hat, Kokrajhar, New Bongaigaon, Barpeta Road, Nalbari, Rangiya, Guwahati, Jagiroad, Chaparmukh, Hojai, Lanka, Lumding, Dimapur, Furketing and Mariani.
Another parcel train will run daily between Lumding to Silchar and Agartala and vice versa with stoppages at Lumding, New Haflong, Badarpur, Silchar, New Karimganj, Dharmanagar, Kumarghat, Ambasa and Jirania.
The initiative by NFR is expected to be helpful for local producers and traders in transportation of their commodities in much a cheaper and eco-friendly way than the road sector, Kaur stated, adding that these trains will operate on time table basis and transporters would be able to know about the expected time of delivery of their commodities.
“Traders and producers from North Bihar and North Bengal areas will be able to send their local produce towards Upper Assam, Dimapur, Barak Valley and Agartala with assured timely delivery. Similarly traders from Upper Assam, Nagaland, Tripura and Barak Valley areas will also be able to transport their commodities to North Bihar and North Bengal areas,” she added.
Interested transporters can contact 9957550935 or e-mail at cptm@nfr.rainet.gov.in for further details.
