Train services resume on Dhaka–Mymensingh route after 6hrs

Train services on the Dhaka–Mymensingh route resumed at 11pm on Sunday, about six hours after a derailed wagon of a ballast train was removed from the railway track in South Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh.

The ballast train, used to carry stones for railway maintenance, derailed at Golabari, between Kaoraid and Moshakhali railway stations, at around 5:15pm.

Following the incident, trains including the Teesta, Jamuna and commuter services remained stranded at different stations in Mymensingh and Dhaka.

Officer-in-Charge of Mymensingh Railway Police Station Akter Hossain said a relief train from Dhaka arrived at the scene and removed the derailed wagon at around 11pm, after which train services on the route returned to normal.