Derailment halts Mymensingh’s rail communications

Jago News Desk Published: 17 September 2019, 01:45 PM
Derailment halts Mymensingh’s rail communications

Train communications of Mymensingh with other parts of the country remained suspended since Tuesday morning following the derailment of a train in Sadar upazila, reports UNB. 

A bogie of Dewanganj-bound Teesta Express train veered off the tracks at Kewatkhali, 2 kms off Mymensingh Railway Station, around 11am, said M Mosharraf Hossain, officer-in-charge of Mymensingh Railway Police Station. 

On information, a relief train from the Mymensingh Railway Station rushed in to salvage the derailed compartment, he said.