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The Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway is planning to introduce a new Intercity Express train services via Bogibeel bridge in upper Assam.

The train will link Tezpur and Dibrugarh via Bogibeel bridge, India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge over the Brahmaputra river.

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“Tezpur and Dibrugarh, two most important cities of Assam, now getting connected by a direct train via Bogibeel. A long cherished need will be fulfilled,” NF Railway said in a tweet.

The new train—Dekargaon-Dibrugarh Intercity Special–will run from August 19 on an experimental basis for a period of six months, NF Railway officials said.

The NF Railway after the inauguration of the Bogibeel bridge in December last year, had introduced two Intercity Express train services.

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The train will have four general second class coaches, five second class day coach and 11 SLR coaches.