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A New Train Track Helps People Travel! 🚂

The track in Mizoram is 51 km long and opened last September 🚂

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Key Points

5 points

Length: 51.38 kilometres

153 bridges and 45 tunnels, tallest bridge 114 metres

Over 1,100 train trips in the first year

15 lakh (1.5 million) passengers

Freight: 2,500 wagons, including cement and cars

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It has many bridges and tunnels that go through the hills 🌉

More than 1.5 million people rode the trains in just one year 🚂

Trains also bring things like cement, cars, and flowers to the state 🚚

Because of the trains, more visitors are coming to see the beautiful hills 🌄

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10 words

inaugurated

officially opened with a special ceremony

terrain

the shape and features of the land

tunnel

a passage dug through a hill or mountain

bridge

a structure that lets trains go over a gap like a river

occupancy

how full something is, like seats on a train

freight

goods or items that are moved by train

commodity

a useful product that people buy or sell

consignment

a group of items sent together

tourism

people traveling to see new places

infrastructure

important buildings and systems that help a country work

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