Derailment halts Dhaka-Joydebpur rail communication

GAZIPUR, May 23 (Agencies): Train communication between Dhaka-Joydebpur route remained suspended for half an hour due to the derailment of two bogies of a train at Dhirasram Rail Station in Gazipur on Thursday morning.
Hanif Ali, station master of Joydebpur Railway Junction, said two compartments of the Dhaka-bound 'Turag Express' veered off the tracks at Dhirasram Rail Station around 7:15 am, halting train movement for half an hour. Train movement resumed through the other railway line.
The schedules of Jamalpur commuter train and Dhaka-bound 'Banalata Express' were disrupted due to the derailment.
A relief train from the local station reached the spot three hours after the derailment and is working to rescue the derailed bogies.
Earlier, a carriage of a Turag commuter train headed to Dhaka has derailed. No casualties have been reported from the incident.
The train sets off from Joydebpur for Dhaka around 7:15am every day and arrives in Dhaka around 8:30am, said Md Hanif Ali, station master of the Joydebpur Railway Junction.
The train left at the scheduled time on Thursday, he said. The carriage derailed soon after it passed Dhirasram station.