Freight Train Recovered 6.5 Hours Later Derailment

More than six hours later a freight train has been recovered from Brahmanbaria after it derailed on the Dhaka-Chattogram-Sylhet railway.

Despite the recovery of the derailed train, train movement on the upline had not returned to normal as of 7am on Tuesday morning, said Shakil Jahan, a the Brahmanbaria Railway Station official.

Earlier, around 12:30am, two wheels of a Dhaka-bound freight train derailed at Dariapur in the Sadar Upazila on Tuesday.

However, no casualty was reported following the incident.

According to Brahmanbaria Railway Station Master Jashim Uddin, the train departed from Brahmanbaria station at night.

He said that after covering some distance, two wheels of a compartment of the train derailed with a loud noise in the Dariapur area.

Later kn the relief train reached the Brahmanbaria Station at 4am after departing the Akhaura Junction at 3:30am.

According to Trolleyman Rafiqul Islam, the freight train has been taken to Ashuganj’s Talsahar for repair.

“It will leave for Dhaka after it has been repaired,” he added