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Derailment halts Dhaka-Ctg-Sylhet rail link

Rail communication of Dhaka with northern and southern districts remains suspended for around four hours on July 15, 2017 following the derailment of an intercity train in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna. Star file photo.

An intercity train derailed in Narsingdi this morning, cutting off the rail communication on Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Sylhet routes.

The engine and four compartments of Kishoreganj-bound Egaroshindur Express from Dhaka got derailed near Thanabari Railway Station in Raypura upazila of Narsingdi around 9:30am, Stationmaster Md Monir Hossain told The Daily Star.

The rail communications on Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Sylhet routes remain cut off since the accident, the stationmaster told the correspondent around 11:00am.

Further details could not be known immediately.

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Derailment halts Dhaka-Ctg-Sylhet rail link

Rail communication of Dhaka with northern and southern districts remains suspended for around four hours on July 15, 2017 following the derailment of an intercity train in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna. Star file photo.

An intercity train derailed in Narsingdi this morning, cutting off the rail communication on Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Sylhet routes.

The engine and four compartments of Kishoreganj-bound Egaroshindur Express from Dhaka got derailed near Thanabari Railway Station in Raypura upazila of Narsingdi around 9:30am, Stationmaster Md Monir Hossain told The Daily Star.

The rail communications on Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Sylhet routes remain cut off since the accident, the stationmaster told the correspondent around 11:00am.

Further details could not be known immediately.

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