Train communications on the Dhaka-Dinajpur rail route was suspended for about eighteen hours as some bogies of Dinajpur-bound Drutojan Express derailed on the Bangabandhu Bridge on Sunday night.
However, none was reported injured in the mishap.
Bangabandhu east police station OC Akhiruzzaman said nine bogies out of 13 of the intercity train veered off the track around 11pm as a nor’wester hit it.
Owing to the accident, communications came to a halt between Dhaka and northern and southern districts.
Akbar Hossen, 40, a passenger of the train, said the train was moving slowly on the bridge and a gusty wind hit it all in a sudden, leaving the bogies derailed and leaning against the southern wall.
Md Abdul Mannan, station master of Bangabandhu Bridge East Zone, said two salvage trains from Dhaka and Pakshey Junction of Pabna started operation around 7am to remove the bogies yesterday.
However, train communications returned to a normalcy around 5pm, said Transportation Officer of Pakshi Division of BR Mdshafiqur Rahman.
Meanwhile, a four-member probe committee, led by Amjad Hossain, additional director general of (Infrastructure) Bangladesh Railway, was formed in the incident.
The committee was also asked to submit its report within three days.
