NEW DELHI, May 30 (NNN-PTI) – Passenger train services between India and Bangladesh resumed yesterday after a gap of over two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said.
The service resumed with the flagging-off of a Bandhan Express train from Kolkata station in India’s West Bengal, which will run two days a week.
The train services between Kolkata and Khulna of Bangladesh have been suspended since Mar, 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
People on both sides of the border were reportedly excited about the resumption of the train services, which are fully booked for the next few days.
The Maitree Express, linking Kolkata and Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, is also scheduled to resume services.
The Mitali Express, which is the third India-Bangladesh train, after the Bandhan Express and the Maitree Express, will start operation on June 1. The service, linking New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal and Dhaka, was virtually inaugurated in Mar, 2021.– NNN-PTI
