Silchar–Sabroom section

Silchar–Sabroom section

Legend km 0 Silchar 6 Arunachal Junction New Silchar Moinar Bond Ranigaon Sribar Kamranga Jirighat Assam-Arunachal border 56 Jiribam to Tupul-Imphal 14 Salchapara 20 Katakhal Junction 30 Algapur 38 Hailakandi 46 Monacherra 54 Lalabazar 59 Mahamadpur 67 Katlicherra 74 Manipur Bagan 84 Jamira Ramnathpur Assam-Mizoram border 101 Bairabi to Sairang (proposed) 25 Panchgram 28 Badarpur Ghat to Lumding 30 Badarpur Junction 33 Rupsibari 39 Bhanga 45 Chargola 51 Karimganj Junction 54 Longai 61 Maishashan India-Bangladesh border 66 Nilambazar 69 Kayasthagram 73 Baraigram Junction 76 Eraligul 80 Phakhoagram 86 Bazarghat 91 Ratabari 94 Anipur 101 DullabCherra 77 Kanaibazar 81 Patharkandi 85 Kalkhalighat 91 Chand Khira Bagan 99 Tilbhum Assam-Tripura border 104 Churaibari 111 Nadiapur 117 Dharmanagar 128 Panisagar 139 Pecharthal 149 Kumarghat 160 Nalkata 170 Manu 173 S K Para 185 Jawaharnagar 190 Ambassa 208 Mungiakami 219 Taliamura 239 Jirania 253 Jogendra Nagar 257 Agartala to Akhaura (proposed) 312 Udaipur 382 Sabroom Source: Google maps, Indian Railway Time Table Dibrugarh Jhajha Weekly Express 15942 Mariani-Furkating Passenger 55904 Presentnation on Development of Rail Infrastructre in the Northeast Region

The Silchar–Sabroom section is a metre-gauge railway line connecting Silchar in Assam and Agartala in Tripura, India. Among the overall 382-kilometre (237 mi) long railway only 257-kilometre (160 mi) are currently operational. The tracks in the operational section is being converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad gauge. In the Agartala-Udaipur part of the section, broad gauge track laying process are under way. Track laying on the remaining part of the section will be initiated on commissioning the broad gauge Agartala-Udaipur section. The entire section is under the jurisdiction of Northeast Frontier Railway.

History

Railway service was established in Tripura in 1964,^[1] but it was limited to Dharmanagar and Kailasahar. The northeastern state capital came on India's railmap with the advent of the railways in the subcontinent in 1853. The foundation stone of the 119 km Kumarghat-Agartala railway project was laid in 1996 by the former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda and during the laying of rail lines, provisions were kept for swiftly converting it to broad gauge.

Broad gauge

The railway tracks from Silchar to Kumarghat is being upgraded from metre gauge to broad gauge. Section from Kumarghat to Agartala was expected to be completed within three months on initiating the process as provisions are made for conversion while laying the track.

Proposed projects

The track is expected to be extended from Agartala to Akhaura in Bangladesh, as agreed by the prime ministers of the both countries. The Agartala-Sabroom section is also expected to be extended to Chittagong port which is 75 km from the India-Bangladesh border. In this section the track laying process is nearly completed up to Udaipur, with the exception of a few kilometers due to a land dispute.

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