Published:  08:24 AM, 31 July 2024

Trains to run from Thursday on short routes only

Trains to run from Thursday on short routes only
 
Passenger train service, suspended for nearly two weeks amid the violence surrounding the quota protest movement, is set to resume on Thursday. However, only short-distance trains will be running at first.

"For the time being, it was decided to only operate short-distance trains," said Iftekhar Alam Rajon, public relations officer for the Ministry of Railways on Tuesday. "Those trains will resume service on Thursday. Trains will run in the daytime, when the curfew has been eased."

A decision has yet to be made on when inter-city trains will resume service, he said.

On July 16, rail lines in Dhaka, Gazipur, Chattogram, Feni, Mymensingh, Rangpur, and many other areas were blocked amid protests calling for quota reforms. Train service was interrupted for several hours. The following day, train service returned to normal. However, train service was suspended on July 18 amid a 'complete shutdown' program declared by the protesters.

A section of the rail line in Dhaka's Mohakhali was torched and the tracks were blocked on that day. The rail tracks on the Tongi-Bhairab section of the Narsingdi rail line were removed. Rail lines were blocked in many places outside Dhaka.

Amid the lack of security, authorities declared that train service was suspended on various routes that afternoon.

A week later, on July 25, the railway announced that train service would resume on a limited basis. However, it reversed the decision.



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