AGARTALA: Passenger train services between Delhi and Agartala were flagged off on Sunday by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, finally putting an end to the 67-year-old popular agitation for railway services to Tripura. The much awaited weekly passenger train named "Tripura Sundari Express" would run on the newly laid broad gauge track, between Agartala and Anand Vihar station of Delhi and Anand Vihar and Agartala covering a distance of around 2,480 km in 47 hours. Bangladesh Railway Minister Mazibul Hoque, Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain and top officials of the Indian and Bangladesh government were present at the...
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