Barendra Express train with around 850 passengers had a narrow escape from an accident as its driver managed to stop after seeing a danger signal near Nandangachhi station in Charghat upazila of Rajshahi on Monday morning.

Local people found a broken part of the railway track before the arrival of the train around 11:30am when they were going to work in the field. They promptly made a signal by using their red wrappers at the danger point.

The train runs between Rajshahi and Chilahati was heading to Rajshahi at that time. Seeing the signal, the loco master managed to stop the train around 500 yards away from the point.

Railway communication on the route remained suspended for around 50 minutes due to the unexpected incident.

Asim Kumar Talukder, general manager of West Zone Railway, told BSS that the train escaped an accident narrowly by dint of intelligence of the local people.

"We have done repairs to the broken track around 12:20pm and the scheduled trains from both sides started running subsequently," he added.