Railway officials said on Saturday that train services to Tripura would resume from July 22, which was suspended for more than two months due to landslides and incessant rains in the Lumding-Badarpur section in Assam.

Around 83 km-long train tracks spread across several stations were completely snapped by the the devastating landslides, triggered by unprecedented downpour on May 14.

Therefore, the train services through Cachar were stopped, which disrupted the communication of Assam, Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram.

The NFR authority has been cleared and restored the badly damaged railway track on a war footing in Assam’s North Cachar Hill between Lumding-Badarpur section.
Goods train services already began between the Lumding-Badarpur sections on July 12.
Northeast Frontier Railway sources said on the reopening day, Kanchanjunga Express will leave Sealdah station in Kolkata for Agartala.
The down train will start its journey on July 23, the following day.

The Deoghar Express will also leave Agartala on July 23.

New Delhi-Agartala Tejas Express is scheduled to resume from July 26.

The NFR has announced resumption of passenger train service to Tripura and other parts of the North East from July 22.
Officials added that all the long distance trains will resume operation gradually.
People are allowed to book tickets from Saturday, July 16.

Besides, the NFR has not cancelled any tickets booked two or three months ago. Ticket holders can use these tickets for the journey.