COMILLA: Rail communications on Dhaka-Chittagong and Chittagong-Sylhet routes restored after a three and half-an-hour halt due to derailment on Saturday.

Earlier, four wheels of a compartment of the Chittagong-bound train from Sylhet veered off the tracks in Brahmanpara Upazila at around 10:30am that halted rail communication of Chittagong with Dhaka and Sylhet.

Train movement resumed around 2:00pm after a rescue train cleared the tracks.

Regarding the matter, railway assistant engineer Irfanul Islam told banglanews, “Rescue train from Akhaura rushed to the spot at around 1:00pm and salvaged the derailed train.

BDST: 1452 HRS, NOV 02, 2013
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