Train services resume on Dhaka-Ctg route after 8-hour halt due to derailment

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20 November, 2024, 09:45 pm

Last modified: 20 November, 2024, 09:47 pm

Train services resume on Dhaka-Ctg route after 8-hour halt due to derailment

The rail communication resumed at 7:50pm

TBS Report

20 November, 2024, 09:45 pm

Last modified: 20 November, 2024, 09:47 pm

Photo: UNB

Photo: UNB

Train services between Dhaka, Chattogram, and Sylhet resumed after being halted for over eight hours due to a derailment of a carriage of a freight train in Brahmanbaria today (20 November).

The rail communication resumed at 7:50pm, Brahmanbaria Railway Station Master Md Jasim Uddin told The Business Standard.

Freight train derails in Brahmanbaria

Earlier on the day, around 11:30am, two wheels of one of the Dhaka-bound freight train's carriages went off-track causing a derailment at Chotohoron area in Brahmanbaria Sadar upazila.

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The station master said after the accident, a rescue train arrived from Akhaura Railway Station and recover the derailed carriage.

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