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Guwahati, Jul 4 (PTI) Train services to Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and Assam's Barak Valley were restored on Friday, a day after disruptions due to a landslide in Dima Hasao district, an official statement said. A Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) release said services on the Lumding-Badarpur hill section were successfully restored in the morning. "Train operations through the section resumed this morning from about 09:42 hours. The first train to pass through the restored section was Train No 12520 (Agartala-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus) Express," the statement said. Services were disrupted between Dihakho and Mupa stations on Thursday evening, as large boulders fell on the tracks following the landslide. Continuous efforts throughout the night ensured the debris was cleared and the tracks were safely restored, the NFR statement said. Necessary food items and water were also provided to the stranded passengers, it said. The trains that were rescheduled or regulated at various locations have resumed their scheduled onward journey, it added. PTI SSG RBT
Guwahati, June 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) After a week of disruption due to landslides, the train services between south Assam, Tripura, Manipur, and Mizoram and the rest of the country via Guwahati partially resumed on Sunday, officials said. The train services in the Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section of the Lumding division have been disrupted since June 23 after huge landslides badly affected the railway track in the mountainous areas under Assam's Dima Hasao district. Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said on Sunday that the first goods t ...Read More >
Assam continues to face a severe flood crisis, affecting nearly seven lakh people across 21 districts. The death toll from the first wave of floods and landslides has risen to 19, with one person missing in Cachar district. Nine major rivers, including the Brahmaputra and Barak, are flowing above danger levels, causing widespread inundation. A total of 1,494 villages across 66 revenue circles have been affected, with Sribhumi district hardest hit, impacting over 2.5 lakh people. Floodwaters have ...Read More >
Guwahati: Six days after severe landslides in Assam's Lumding-Badarpur hill section of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) snapped vital rail connectivity, partial train services have resumed to Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram, and southern Assam. Officials reported on Sunday that limited operations are currently underway, with a full return to normalcy anticipated by Monday, June 30, 2025. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Notably, the disruptions in rail connectivity, triggered by heavy rainfall, primarily affected the railway section between KM 10 ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jun 29 (PTI) The railway link to Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and southern Assam was partially restored on Sunday, six days after it was snapped due to landslides in the Lumding-Badarpur hill section of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), officials said. Limited train operations are being allowed for the time being, with normalisation of movement expected by Monday, they said. "The first goods train and first passenger train (Kanchenjunga Express) crossed the landslide-affected location at Jatinga Lampur after restoration," an NFR spokesperson said. An NFR statement on Saturday eve ...Read More >
Silchar: Train services on the Lumding-Silchar Hill section under Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) were disrupted on Thursday afternoon after a fresh landslide between Dihaku and Mupa stations blocked the tracks. The incident comes just days after the railway resumed operations on June 29, following a six-day suspension caused by a major landslide in the Jatinga Lampur area.Railway officials said restoration efforts are underway, but all train movements on the Lumding-Badarpur Hills section remain suspended until further notice. The landslide occurred at kilometre 51/2-3, where falling boulder ...Read More >
Guwahati, June 28: The train movement over the affected portion between KM 108/6-8, via Jatinga Lumpur-New Haflong in the Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section of Lumding division will be partially restored from Sunday. Restoration efforts at the affected location are progressing rapidly to normalize train movement. Limited train operations are planned between 12:00 and 18:00 hours tomorrow (29.06.2025), with full-fledged train services expected to resume from Monday, according to a Press release. Goods trains carrying petroleum products and food grains bound for the state of Tripura and the Barak V ...Read More >
Guwahati, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) After a week of disruption, the train services between south Assam, Tripura, Manipur, and Mizoram and the rest of the country via Guwahati would be partially restored from June 29, an official said on Saturday. The train services in the Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section of the Lumding division have been disrupted since June 23 after huge landslides badly affected the railway track in the mountainous areas. Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said on Saturday night that the train movement over the affect ...Read More >
Guwahati, July 7: Train services to Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram, and southern Assam have been disrupted after a landslide blocked railway tracks in the Lumding-Badarpur hill section of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), an official statement said on Monday. "Services of trains running in the Lumding-Badarpur Hill section got disrupted due to a landslide at KM- 51/1-2 between Mupa-Dihakho stations of Lumding Division. Due to which train movement along the affected stretch has been suspended until boulders and debris are cleared from the tracks," the NFR said. Several trains have been cancell ...Read More >