President Draupadi Murmu will flag off the weekly Agartala – Kolkata – Agartala Express in Agartala on October 13 next.
Sabyasachi De, Chief Public Relations Officer of the North East Frontier Railways in a press statement said, in order to further improve rail connectivity of Agartala with the rest of the country, the NFR has decided to extend the service of Guwahati – Kolkata – Guwahati Express upto Agartala. The train no. 02518/02517 (Guwahati – Kolkata – Guwahati) Express will now be extended upto Agartala with a new train no. 02502/02501 once a week. Both the trains will run upto April 30 next year.
The President will flag off the train at 9.25 am on October 13, the statement said.
It will reach Kolkata at 18:50 hours on the next day. In return direction, the train will depart from Kolkata on October 14 at 22:00 hours to reach Agartala at 08:00 hours 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 at 15:00 hours on 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 at 05:15 hours on Tuesday.
Existing train no. 02518 (Guwahati – Kolkata) Express will depart from Guwahati at 21:00 hours on every Saturday to reach Kolkata at 15:00 hours on 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 at 16:15 hours on the next day.
The details of stoppages and timings of this train are available at IRCTC website and through NTES and are also being notified in various newspapers and social media platforms of N.F. Railway, said the statement.
