AGARTALA, Oct 20 (TIWN): It’s a matter of time that passenger train likely to start between Silchar – Lumding. Railway is planning to start the service before Diwali festival in November. This will pave the way of starting passenger trains between Silchar – Agartala without any hurdles.According to expert, until and unless train service starts between Silchar – Lumding than Agartala cannot make a place in railway map of the country. Hence it is important to start train service between Silchar – Lumding.A senior NF railway official requesting anonymity informed there is no reason why passenger train will not start in the above rail route . He informed series of dialogue was held with various civil society organization at regional office at Badharpur regarding list of trains to be introduced in the route. The meeting was attended by several organizations representing all walks of life. On behalf of railway it was proposed to start the service with two trains. The Kanchanjunga express which runs between Sheladh – Guwahati will start service from Silchar – Sheldah. Besides another train service between Silchar – Marianee was also proposed in the meeting. The civil society in the meeting demanded local trains including super fast train.Then also demanded Silchar – Diburgarh train instead of Silchar – Marianee train. They demanded the connection of Silchar with Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai.On October 13, railway safety board have cleared the route is ready for passenger service. But there are some minor drawbacks which needed to be rectified. The early train service starts more the better for Tripura.