Finally, after a week of cut off train services between South Assam, Tripura, Manipur, and Mizoram and the rest of the country since June 23 after huge landslides badly affecting the railway track in the mountainous areas, the train movement over the affected portion between Jatinga Lumpur-New Haflong in the Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section under Assam’s Dima Hasao district will be partially restored from Sunday.

Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is progressing rapidly towards early restoration of railway services after repairing the affected railway tracks in the affected portion.

NFR’s Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said that some portions in the Lumding–Badarpur Hill Section were severely impacted by multiple instances of earth slips due to heavy rainfall and after weeklong massive efforts by NFR, tThe train movement over the affected portion will be partially restored from Sunday.

He said that 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 on Sunday (June 29) with full-fledged train services expected to resume from Monday.

He added that goods trains carrying petroleum products and food grains bound for the state of Tripura and the Barak Valley will be prioritized for movement over the section. Additionally, a POL wagon currently stranded at Guwahati and scheduled for unloading at Dharmanagar, Tripura, will be dispatched as soon as the track is cleared.

Following the restoration, Train No. 13175 Sealdah-Silchar (Kanchenjunga Express), which commenced its journey on 28th June, 2025, will be the first passenger train to operate on its original route through the restored section. Subsequently, Train No. 13174 Sabroom-Sealdah (Kanchenjunga Express), starting its journey on 29th June, 2025, will also be routed through the section. To facilitate the movement of stranded passengers, a special train will run from Rangiya to Agartala on 29th June, 2025.

It may be noted that the section between KM 108/6-8 in the Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section was severely affected by multiple earth slips triggered by heavy rainfall. Chetan Kumar Shrivastava, General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), visited the site to assess the ground situation, review restoration progress and encourage the field teams. He instructed that maximum manpower and machinery be deployed to accelerate the restoration efforts and ensure early resumption of train services on this vital hill section.