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Derailment halts rail link between northern districts with Dhaka

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Published: 09:47, 22 November 2023

Derailment halts rail link between northern districts with Dhaka

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Train communication between northern part of the country with Dhaka and southern districts remained suspended since Wednesday (22 November) afternoon due to the derailment of a freight train in Lalpur upazila of Natore district.

Asim Kumar Talukdar, general manager of Railway East Zone, said two bogies of a Dhaka-bound rice-laden freight train veered off the tracks at Abdulpur Railway Junction signal point, halting the train movement.

Khulna-bound Roket Mail train from Chilahati  and Rajshahi-bound ‘Barendra Express’ train remained stuck at Natore station following the derailment, causing i suffering to the commuters, said Asim Kumar.

A relief train from Ishwardi left for the place to remove the bogies.

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