Train service between Bangladesh and India resumed today after operations remained suspended for over two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Maitree Express – operated on Dhaka-Kolkata route – left Dhaka Cantonment Station at 8:15am with around 170 passengers, Shafiqur Rahman, divisional railway manager (Dhaka) of Bangladesh Railway, told.
BR Director General Dhirendra Nath Mazumder welcomed passengers with flowers as the train resumed after a long time, he said.
Meanwhile, Bandhan Express, on Khulna-Kolkata route, reached Benapole Railway Station from Kolkata around 9:45am.
Moreover, Mitali Express – the third passenger train to be operated between Bangladesh and India – is likely to start operation from June 1. The train would be operated between Dhaka and West Bengal's New Jalpaiguri (NJP) four days a week.
