India-Bhutan railway link may happen soon

Soon travelling between Indian and Bhutan will be possible by train.  A survey has been commissioned by India’s Railway Board to establish the Mujnai-Nyoenpaling line in a bid to provide a cross-border rail link between the neighbouring nations.

Mar 04, 2020
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Soon travelling between Indian and Bhutan will be possible by train.  A survey has been commissioned by India’s Railway Board to establish the Mujnai-Nyoenpaling line in a bid to provide a cross-border rail link between the neighbouring nations. 

According to a PTI report, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal was in Bhutan, heading a business delegation in connection with the Bhutan-India Start-up Summit 2020. A team from Indian Railways will visit Bhutan to hold talks with the State Mining Corporation of the neighbouring country on finalizing a MoU for export of railway ballast from Bhutan to India.

According to the report, both sides also discussed designation as well as notification of new transit customs railway stations at Pandu, Jogighopa and Agartala. Also, an agreement was discussed on making the land customs station at Nagarkatta as a permanent customs station, the paper said.

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