President Droupadi Murmu on her second day of Tripura visit flagged off two trains Agartala-Guwahati-Kolkata Special Express and Jan Shatabdi Express, which would run from Agartala to Khongsang in Manipur and after the flagging off ceremony from Agartala railway station, the President accompanied by her daughter, Chief Minister and Tourism Minister visited Mata Tripura Sundari temple and offered her prayer in the temple.

President Droupadi Murmu on her second day of Tripura visit flagged off two trains Agartala-Guwahati-Kolkata Special Express and Jan Shatabdi Express, which would run from Agartala to Khongsang in Manipur and after the flagging off ceremony from Agartala railway station, the President accompanied by her daughter, Chief Minister and Tourism Minister visited Mata Tripura Sundari temple and offered her prayer in the temple.

On Thursday morning in a bid to further strengthen connectivity and boosting prosperity in the North Eastern region, the extended services of passenger train Agartala – Jiribam - Agartala Jan Shatabdi Express up to Khongsang in Manipur and Guwahati – Kolkata - Guwahati Express up to Agartala has been flagged off by the President from Agartala station in presence of Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha, deputy chief minister Jishnu Dev Varma, union minister of state Pratima Bhowmik, Transport Minister Pranajit Singha Roy and Anshul Gupta, General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) along with other dignitaries was present.

The Agartala – Jiribam - Agartala Jan Shatabdi Express, which was the first direct train service connecting Tripura and Manipur has now been extended up to Khongsang in Manipur, which is a stretch of about 55 km. The train will run on Monday, Wednesday and Friday between Agartala and Khongsang. Khongsang station has been constructed as part of the ongoing Jiribam – Imphal new line project.

NFR said that this will be the first train service for this newly constructed station. People of a vast area of Manipur will be able to travel by train for the first time for their medical, educational and other needs. Train journey travel time will be less than half, as the journey time will be around 07 hrs covering a distance of 300 Km against about 15 hrs or so by road. The Jan Shatabdi Express will be having new Linke Hofmann Busch coaches with latest amenities for passengers. Moreover, a Vistadome coach has also been added in this train. The entire route passes through very scenic hilly areas. This can be visualized by the passengers,tourists through the Vistadome coach. This train will connect people of three Northeast states Tripura, Manipur and Assam boosting economic activities.

The Guwahati – Kolkata - Guwahati Express which used to run between Kolkata and Guwahati, has now been extended up to Agartala once a week. The train will run on Wednesday between Agartala and Kolkata. This service will connect the capital of Tripura to Guwahati and other states. This train service will benefit people travelling between Agartala and Kolkata via Guwahati.

After flagging off both trains, President left the capital city through Air Force choppers towards Udaipur and visited Mata Tripura Sundari temple along with daughter, Chief Minister, Tourism Minister and local MLA Biplab Kumar Ghosh.

After arriving in the Agartala airport on Thursday afternoon through choppers, the President Droupadi Murmu has left the state capital towards Guwahati after her two-day visit to the state . Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya and Chief Minister Prof. (Dr.) Manik Saha along with Chief Secretary J K Sinha, DGP Amitabh Ranjan, West Tripura District Magistrate (DM) Debapriya Bardhan and Superintendent of Police of West Tripura district Shankar Debnath were also present in the airport.