Dhaka’s rail link with north, west snapped
Train Communication of Dhaka with Dinajpur, Khulna, Rajshahi and Sirajganj remained suspended as a freight train derailed at Soydabad on the west side of the Bangabandhu Bridge in Sirajganj Sadar upazila on Sunday morning, reports UNB.
Six bogies of the cargo train veered-off the track at about 11:15am just before entering the Bangabandhu Bridge, said Sirajganj Bazar GRP Police Station Officer-in-charge Said Iqbal.
A salvage train from Pakshi Railway Station of Pabna district is on the way to rescue the cargo train.