Rail communication of Chittagong with other parts of the country was suspended for four hours following the derailment of three compartments of a wagon at Fouzdarhat Railway Station in Chittagong yesterday morning.
The train services resumed around 2pm after a salvage train removed the three bogies from the tracks, said Bangladesh Railway (East) Divisional Traffic Office (DTO) Firoz Iftekhar.
Chittagong Railway Station Manager Abul Kalam Azad told the Dhaka Tribune that the compartment of the wagon, coming from Dhaka for Chittagong Port, had derailed around 10am near the station.
On receiving information, a rescue team with a salvage train from Chittagong city’s Pahartoli area rushed to the spot and brought the three bogies to the track, he said.
Due to the derailment, Meghna Express had to stop at Kumira Railway Station and Karnaphuli Express at Pahartoli Railway Station till the resumption of the rail communication, he added.
Several hundred commuters had to wait for four hours in the stations which delayed their journey for their respective destinations, said the stations sources, he said. The reason behind the derailment could not be known immediately, he added.