Railway communications on the Sylhet-Chattogram route have resumed after a four-hour disruption due to the derailment of a train in Brahmanbaria's Akhaura Upazila.
A Chattogram-bound Jalalabad Express from Sylhet went off the tracks at the entrance to the Akhaura Railway Station around 7:15 am on Friday, said Md Sefatur Rahman, sub-inspector of the Upazila’s railway police.
“Four freight carriages at the back of the Jalalabad Express derailed when a coupler hook connecting two bogies broke.”
But there were no casualties in the incident, SI Sefatur said.
The authorities began their efforts to retrieve the derailed carriages around 9:00 am before completing the repairs to the track around 11am, bdnews24.com reports.
“Although the railway links between Sylhet and Chattogram were paused for a few hours, the incident didn't affect timetables as there were no services scheduled on the route until 1:00 pm,” said Akhaura’s Stationmaster Md Khalilur Rahman.
