The capital`s rail connection to the country`s northern regions was cut off Wednesday afternoon in Natore after two coaches of a freight train came off the tracks.
The incident happened at the Abdulpur Railway Junction signal point in the Lalpur upazila of Natore around 12:30 pm, according to Asim Kumar Talukder, general manager (west) of Bangladesh Railway.
"A freight train carrying rice from Dinajpur to Dhaka reached the signal point of Abdulpur junction and suddenly two of its coaches derailed. Because of this all types of trains stopped on that line," he said.
He said that a relief train was called from Pabna`s Ishwardi. The derailment caused the Barendra Express train to Rajshahi and the Rocket Mail from Chilahati to Khulna delayed at Natore Train Station.
Feroz Ahmed, Additional Superintendent of Police of BR Pakshi Zone, said that police and railway rescuers are working to remove the coaches from the tracks.
