bandhan express: India-Bangladesh ‘Bandhan Express’ train services resume after two years

After remaining suspended for greater than two years for pandemic, Indo-Bangladesh passenger prepare companies Bandhan Categorical between Kolkata and Khulna resumed companies on Sunday.

“Passenger prepare companies between India and Bangladesh, which had been suspended for over two years as a result of pandemic, resumed from Kolkata station in the present day at 7:10 am,” Jap Railway spokesperson Ekalavya Chakraborty stated, flagging off Bandhan Categorical from Kolkata station.

In line with Indian railway sources, after Kolkata-Khulna Bandhan Categorical resumed companies on Could 29, Maitree Categorical can also be scheduled to renew companies between Kolkata and Dhaka on Could 29 and can go to Bangladesh capital on Monday morning.

Nonetheless, Mitali Categorical between New Jalpaiguri and Dhaka can be flagged off on the New Jalpaiguri station on June 1. Mitali Categorical will run from New Jalpaiguri to Dhaka through Changrabandha whereas Maitri Categorical will run from Kolkata to Dhaka through Gede-Darshana and Bandhan Categorical will run from Kolkata to Khulna through Petrapole-Benapole, Railway sources stated.

Prime Minister Narednra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina had inaugurated Mitali Categorical in Dhaka on March 26 in 2021, which is able to run from New Jalpaiguri to Dhaka from June 1, on the event of the golden jubilee celebration of Bangladesh’s independence. Nonetheless, the prepare service couldn’t be began as a result of Covid-19 pandemic.

The Bandhan Categorical between Kolkata and Khulna runs two days per week, Maitree Categorical connecting Kolkata with Dhaka may have a five-day service. The trains have a capability of round 450 passengers and have air-conditioned chair automotive and government class classes, he stated.