Special trains for Kharchi festival till July 3

Two pairs of special Demu train have been started from June 26 for travel convenience of pilgrims on the occasion of Kharchi Festival and Fair with the initiative of Northeast Frontier Railway. Among those, a pair of Demu train is moving between Agartala-Dharmanagar-Agartala. Another pair of Demu train is moving between Agartala-Sabroom-Agartala. These special Demu trains will be available till July 3.

On June 21, Additional Secretary of Transport department, Government of Tripura, Subrata Choudhury wrote a letter to the authority of Northeast Frontier Railway asking for commencement of special trains for travel convenience of the pilgrims for Kharchi. Based on this, the mentioned trains have been started.

The special trains will leave from Agartala for Dharmanagar at 5 am and reach Dharmanagar at 9:30 am. On the other hand, the special Demu train will leave from Dharmanagar for Agartala at 10:35 am and will reach Agartala at 2 pm. The special train from Agartala to Sabroom will leave at 2:15 pm and will reach Sabroom at 4:35 pm. The train will leave Sabroom at 5 pm and will reach Agartala at 9:35 pm. It is being urged on behalf of the state government to make use of the opportunity.