Railway services along the Bonarapara-Shantahar route will remain suspended for the next 24 hours as the rescue operation of a locomotive, which skidded off the track, will be underway till 6am Wednesday.
Gaibandha Station Master Abdul Wahed Mondal confirmed to the Dhaka Tribune about the 24-hour schedule suspension on the route.
On December 4, miscreants pried out the fish plates and clips from the railway line on the route leaving five people dead and more than 40 others injured.
Although railway communications resumed along the route 32 hours after of the incident, the locomotive remained lying on the nearby ditch for last 20 days.
The authorities concerned launched the operation on Tuesday to rescue the derailed engine with heavy weight relief train causing the suspension of railway communications on the route.
The rescue operation was going on in full swing until the filing of this report at 4:30pm.