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Kushtia's rail link with Rajbari, Faridpur restored

District Correspondent
District Correspondent Kushtia
Published: 6 March 2021, 07:27 PM | Updated: 6 March 2021, 07:27 PM
Kushtia's rail link with Rajbari, Faridpur restored
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The rail communication of Kushtia with Rajbari and Faridpur was restored on Saturday afternoon, around 27 hours after it had been suspended following a collision between a railway trolley and a goods train.

Rail communication on the route returned to normalcy around 5pm after 170 railway staff removed derailed five bogies and repaired the damaged rail line.

Earlier at around 2:30pm on Friday, a railway trolley and a goods train collided in Milpara area of Kushtia district town, disrupting the rail link of the district with Rajbari and Faridpur.

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