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Agartala Railway Station

Agartala Railway Station :

Agartala Railway Station (Bengali: আগরতলা রেল স্টেশন) is located 5.5 km (2.96 nautical miles) from Agartala in Tripura, India.

The 413 km route connects to Lumding with a meter gauge track, where finally it bifurcates into a broad gauge track.

Agartala is the second capital city (after Guwahati, Assam) in the Northeast India to be connected to the country's railway network, there are lot of modes of transportation are available to reach the city from the station.

The lines connect from Lumding with a meter gauge track to Agartala and is almost in its way for a connection towards the extreme end point of the state to sabroom.

There are total 14 stations in Tripura with Churaibari being the last one.

 Total length of track in this state is 153 km (appx) following of which the territory of Assam starts. Agartala is the first state capital in independent India to be connected with rail networkThe NFR had spent Rs 900 crore ($190 million) to connect Agartala by rail by making three tunnels through the Longtharai Valley, Baramura and Atharamura Hills in Dhalai and West Tripura districts.

The 1,962-metre Longtharai tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in eastern India.The architecture of the station resembles Ujjayanta Palace.
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