Brahamanbaria: The rail communication between Sylhet-Chittagong and Dhaka-Chittagong resumed after remaining shut for five hours early Sunday.

Witnesses said the locomotive of a Chittagong-bound ‘Udayan Express’ derailed at Akhaura Railway Station halting the rail link between Sylhet-Chittagong and Dhaka-Chittagong around 1:40am.

Officer-in-charge of Akhaura railway police Mohammad Abdus Sattar confirmed the matter and said the rail communication resumed around 6:00 am after concluding salvage operation.

No one was injured in the incident.