Guwahati, May 25 -- Former Tripura Chief Minister and Lok Sabha MP Biplab Kumar Deb on Saturday announced that the Union Railway Ministry has approved a new train to run between Agartala and Guwahati, Assam.

MP Biplab stated that the decision follows his demand to the Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw regarding the inconvenience faced by the passengers of both Agartala and Guwahati.

He said that the new train will start from Agartala and stop at Narangi (NNGE) station on the outskirts of Guwahati.

However, the Ministry has not yet released the train's schedule, Biplab stated.

Biplab asserted that during his meeting with the Railway Minister on April 22 raised demands for the introduction of more express trains and the modernizat...