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Kanchanjunga Express starts plying from Silchar

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Agartala: The Silchar-Sealdah Kanchanjunga Express began operations on Monday, meeting a long-standing demand of the people to link southern Assam with adjoining states including Tripura.
North Frontier Railway spokesman Jyoti Sharma said in a statement that the tri-weekly train will also pass through Guwahati, Assam’s main city. On the first day, the 19-coach train left Silchar in southern Assam at 9 a.m.
It will halt at 34 stations including Guwahati, New Bongaigaon, New Coochbehar, New Jalpaiguri, Malda Town, Bolpur Shantiniketan and New Alipurduar. It will cover 1,345 km in 32 hours. Agartala is now connected with the country’s broad gauge rail network through Guwahati — a distance of around 600 km. (IANS)

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