Rail link with Khulna restored

UNB :
Train communications with Khulna was restored this morning after seven hours following the derailment of a freight train at Basundia Singiai under Jashore’s Sadar upazila.

Sub-Inspector Mizanur Rahman, in-charge of Jashore Railway Police Station, said two bogies of a Natore-bound freight train from Khulna veered off the tracks around 4am, halting train communication.

A relief train rushed to the spot and conducted a salvage operation.

Chitra Express train from Dhaka was stranded at Jashore Railway Station following the derailment.

Rail link with Khulna resumed around 11:10am after the rescue train removed the bogies from the tracks.