Test run of special train on Mawa-Bhanga section today

News Desk  :
Bangladesh Railway is going to start trial run of a special train on Mawa-Bhanga section crossing through the Padma Bridge today, according to BSS.

The train will start its journey from Kamalapur Railway Station at 8:45 am and will reach Bhanga at 11.54 am, senior information officer of the Railways Ministry Shiraj ud Doula Khan told BSS.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan, Secretary of the Ministry of Railways Dr Mohammad Humayun Kabir, and other officials will be on board.

“We hope the trial run of the special train will be done on Thursday from Mawa to Bhanga through Padma Multipurpose Bridge,” Afzal Hossain, Project Director of the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project told BSS yesterday.

He said a test run of a train on the Padma Bridge rail link between Faridpur’s Bhanga and the Padma Bridge viaduct at Shariatpur was conducted earlier.

“The project will be implemented within June, 2024. We have already completed 99 percent of the work from Mawa to Bhanga section.

The construction of the rail link is moving fast,” Afzal added.

Under the fast-track project, he said, Bangladesh Railway is working to connect the capital to Jashore with a 169km rail line for Taka 39,246.79 crore, with Exim Bank of China providing Taka 21,036.70 crore as loan, according to the project details.

The Chinese government-nominated contractor China Railway Group Limited is implementing the project under China G2G system.