AGARTALA, June 6 (TIWN): Although it is claimed that BG Express train will run from June 16 with inauguration of the service by Union Railway Minister SureshPrabhu but uncertainty still looms large with railway tracks at the Haflong side due to the landslide.Talking to TIWN correspondent NFR Construction official Pratap singh said that although there is a possibility to run the train on 16 June but uncertainty looms large as landslides in the hills especially with the tracks crossing Haflong appears to be problematic for running the train.He also said that if the tracks are cleared the train will easily run on June 16.According to the sources, Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to inaugurate express train named Subidha Special on June 16. The fully AC train with 19 coach will run for three days this month on 16, 23 and 30. The train will run between Agartala and Kolkata. However, now the wait for the express train begins.The train will leave from Kolkata Howrah station on every Tuesday and will reach Agartala on Thursday. On the same day the train will run from Agartala for Kolkata. Excluding Howrah and Agartala the train will stop at 11 stations and the first station from Agartala will be Dharmanagar.

If everything goes well Tripura will hear the whistle of BG Express train on June 16.

The long wait of northeastern state of Tripura to have direct broad-gauge rail connectivity with rest of India comes true after a long session of wait. 

Adding another milestone in the history of Tripura, the land-locked state has finally made its entry in the BG railway map of the country. 

Improving the transport and connectivity in the landlocked Tripura of the northeast region is one of the top most priorities of the government. A lot of focus is being laid to enhance railway connectivity in the region.

In the first phase, the 210-km Lumding-Silchar gauge conversion project was completed last year. In the second phase, the 227-km Badarpur-Agartala gauge conversion was scheduled to be completed in March but was completed three months earlier. With the completion of gauge conversion work right up to Agartala, the Tripura capital was connected with the country’s broad gauge railway network through Guwahati at a distance of about 600 km.

With the everyday progress in the conversion work, the common mass of the state is observing a ray of hope for faster communication and transportation with the introduction of express train in teh coming days.

Days are not so far when after the BG (Broad gauge) passenger train service, express train will also run on the newly converted BG track.