The railway services on the Dhaka-Narayanganj route, suspended almost 2 months ago, resumed Thursday morning.
ভোর ৬টা ৪০ মিনিটে নারায়ণগঞ্জ থেকে ঢাকার উদ্দেশে প্রথম ট্রেনটি ছেড়ে যায়। এর আগে ভোর ৫টা ৩০ মিনিটে ঢাকা থেকে নারায়ণগঞ্জের উদ্দেশে প্রথম ট্রেনটি ছেড়ে আসে। তবে প্রথমদিন যাত্রীর সংখ্যা ছিল অনেক কম।
The first train on this route on Thursday left Dhaka for Narayanganj at 5:30am and the first train from Narayanganj left for Dhaka at 6:40am.
However, there were few passengers on the first day after service resumption.
Railway workers had been busy repairing the Dhaka-Narayanganj railway line in Isdair Bazar area since last Tuesday.
Demu (Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit) trains were seen running without passengers on this route several times on Wednesday.
Narayanganj station master Kamrul Islam Khan on Wednesday said instead of 16 pairs of trains, 10 pairs including 4 pairs in the morning and 4 pairs in the afternoon would carry passengers from Thursday.
Preparations were made accordingly to see whether the path was navigable the trial was being given by Demu train, he added.
Passengers could reach Dhaka from Narayanganj and from Narayanganj to Dhaka in 45 minutes with a fare of only Tk 15. Whereas it takes almost one hour and Tk 36 when travelling by bus.
This made the railway service popular on this route.
The service on this route has been closed since June 22 due to the increasing Covid-19 infection rate.
