Rail links with southeastern districts restored after two hours

Railway workers have been sent to the spot to remove the tree

TBS Report

17 November, 2023, 08:40 pm

Last modified: 17 November, 2023, 09:42 pm

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Rail communication between Dhaka and southern-southeastern districts was restored two hours after an uprooted tree fell on the railway tracks in Brahmanbaria.

Train movement resumed at around 8:40pm on Friday, Bangladesh Railway officials said.

Earlier, heavy winds, caused by Cyclone Mridhili, uprooted a tree in the Kaliseema area at Sadar upazila of Brahmanbaria around 6:45pm Friday (17 November) resulting in the disruption of Dhaka's rail links with , Assistant Master of Brahmanbaria Railway Station Shakir Jahan confirmed to The Business Standard.

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"After the tree blocked the line, Chattogram-bound inter-city Suborno Express from Dhaka got stuck at Talshahr in Brahmanbaria and Noakhali-bound Coastal Express from Dhaka got stuck at Bhairab railway station in Kishoreganj," Shakir said.

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