Agartala railway station

Agartala railway station আগরতলা ট্রেন স্টেশন अगरतला रेलवे स्टेशन
Indian Railway Station Regional rail, Light rail
Location	Badharghat, West Tripura Tripura  India
Coordinates	23°47′34″N 91°16′42″E / 23.79278°N 91.27833°E / 23.79278; 91.27833Coordinates: 23°47′34″N 91°16′42″E / 23.79278°N 91.27833°E / 23.79278; 91.27833
Elevation	25 m (82 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northeast Frontier Railway
Line(s)	Lumding–Sabroom section
Platforms	3
Tracks	10
Connections	Auto Rickshaw, Bus
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning, Multiple Diesel-Line
Station code	AGTL
Zone(s)	Northeast Frontier Railway zone
Division(s)	Lumding
History
Opened	2008; 9 years ago (2008)
Rebuilt	2016; 1 year ago (2016)
Electrified	No
Traffic
Passengers	10,000 (approx)
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station Shekerkot Northeast Frontier Railway zone Lumding–Sabroom section Jogendranagar
Location
Agartala railway station Location in Tripura

Agartala railway station is located 5.5 km (2.96 nautical miles) from Agartala in Tripura, India. It is the second capital city (after Guwahati, Assam) in Northeast India to be connected to the country's railway map, moreover Agartala is the first state capital of independent India to be connected with a rail network. Before 2015 the 413-kilometre (257 mi) route was connected to Lumding with a meter gauge track, but after the gauge conversion in 2016, the track connected directly to Guwahati and the rest of India.

From Agartala an under-construction track has been on the way for a connection towards the extreme Southern end point of the state at Sabroom. There are a total of 21 constructed stations and few under-construction stations in the state, with Churaibari being the last one through the Northern side and Udaipur (functioning & completed till now) to the Southern side. The total length of track from the capital towards the North region's last station is approx. 153 km (95 mi), after which the territory of Assam starts. There are a lot of transportation modes available to reach the city from the station.

Trains first reached Tripura in 1964 when the railway was extended to the state's northern business hub, Dharmanagar. Later it was extended further to Kumarghat. The northeastern state capital came on India's railmap with the advent of the railways in the subcontinent in 1853. The foundation stone of the 119 km (74-mile) Kumarghat-Agartala railway project was laid in 1996 by the former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda, and during the laying of rail lines, provisions were kept for swiftly converting it to broad gauge. 40 years time was taken by the Government since then to connect Agartala by rail.