Passenger Train Services between Bangladesh and India Resume Operation

29 May 2022

Two passenger train service between Bangladesh and India resumed operations on 29 May 2022.

The Maitree Express, which travels between Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Kolkata, India, left from Dhaka Cantonment Railway station. It departed with 165 passengers onboard. The Maitree Express is expected to run five days a week, according to Dhirendra Nath Majumder, Director General of Bangladesh Railways.

The Bandhan Expressm which runs between Khulna, Bangladesh, and Kolkata, departed at 7:10 am from Kolkata. Bandhan Express will run two days a week.

These passenger train services were put to a halt for two years due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

A new Bangladesh-India passenger train service, the Mitali Express, will start operating on 1 June 2022. The Mitali Express will run between New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, India, and Dhaka, Bangladesh.

 

Related links

India-Bangladesh train services resume after two years: Officials

India-Bangladesh ‘Bandhan Express’ train services resume after two years

New Jalpaiguri-Dhaka Mitali Express flagged off

The Government of Bangladesh has launched a fully automated trade clearance system, making the submission and issuance of...

Read More


Assam and Bhutan have pledged to strengthen their bilateral tourism ties by collaborating on smoother and more accessible...

Read More


Nepal began its regular export of electricity to Bangladesh, by sending 40 megawatts (MW) of electricity through India's...

Read More


In a landmark move to enhance tourism cooperation between India and Nepal, the Indian Association of Tour Operators...

Read More


Reliance Power of India has signed a major agreement with Green Digital Private Limited, a Bhutan government-owned entity,...

Read More


The Adani Group of India and the Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) of Bhutan have signed a landmark...

Read More


Mr. Deepak Khadka, Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation of the Government of Nepal, and Mr. Manohar...

Read More