Rajshahi rail link restored after 19 hours
Railway communications between Rajshahi and the capital were restored yesterday noon, 19 hours after a Dhaka-bound intercity train derailed near Sardah Railway Station in Charghat upazila of Rajshahi.
The last four coaches of Padma Express derailed at about 5:00pm on Wednesday.
Train services resumed yesterday after the authorities managed to salvage the four coaches and repair the damaged rail tracks. Schedules of at least 11 trains had been cancelled causing immense sufferings to homebound passengers.
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