Passengers board a train at Kamalapur station in Dhaka on Thursday, as intercity rail services resume after a month of suspension caused by nationwide fierce protests over job quotas. — FE Photo by Shafiqul Alam After nearly one month of suspension, intercity train services resumed across the country on Thursday, reports UNB.
The services resumed with the departure of the Mohanganj Express from Kamalapur rail station at around 01:15 pm.
Other intercity trains have been departing as per schedule from various destinations for Dhaka.
Passengers expressed satisfaction at the full restoration of train services after the long hiatus.
The Bangladesh Railway suspended operations of passenger trains on 19 July amid the violence centring the quota reform movement.
Although operations of passenger trains resumed on a limited scale on August 01, the authorities on August 03 suspended it for August 04 and later halted the operations of all kinds of trains until further notice.
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