2016
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Question
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Agartala and Delhi Express
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Tripura Sundari Express
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Jawaharlal Nehru Express
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Agartala Express
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sixty-nine years after Independence, Tripura got its first ever broad-gauge connectivity to New Delhi when Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off the Tripura Sundari Express.
Detailed explanation-2: -“The NFR has announced resumption of train service to Tripura and other parts of the North East from July 22.
Detailed explanation-3: -Assam got its first railway line in 1881 when the Assam Railway and Trading Company set up metre gauge track. Mainly used for the transportation of tea and coal, a 65-km-long metre gauge line was constructed from Dibrugarh to Margherita.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1855, the company commissioned the FIRST SECTION of ‘29 mile stretch’ on BG system from Ankleshwar to Utran in Gujarat State on West Coast. The FIRST TRAIN was run on 09.01. 1861. This was followed with large scale construction on the Narrow gauge during the reign of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaikwad-III.
Detailed explanation-5: -Tripura has seen major development works in Railway sector from 2014-22. The entire Railway network in Tripura has been converted to a broad gauge network in 2014-22 thereby eliminating all metre gauge railway lines in Tripura.