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Train services with Sylhet resume after 23 hours

| Updated: November 09, 2020 14:43:25


Train services with Sylhet resume after 23 hours

Train communication between Sylhet and other parts of the country was restored after 23 hours of suspension on Sunday after a freight train derailed at Satgaon Railway Station in Sreemangal upazila of Sylhet.

Dulal Chandra Das, Railway Assistant Engineer of Kulaura zone, said the rail communication resumed at 12 pm, reports UNB.

Seven bogies of a fuel oil- laden train derailed at 11:45 am on Saturday as rail tracks of 500 metres were damaged, he said.

A five-member probe body has been formed to investigate the cause of the accident which was asked to submit its report within seven working days, said Bangladesh Railway Divisional Officer Md Moinul Hossain.

 

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