Nakshikatha train starts operation from Khulna via Padma Bridge

KHULNA, Dec 01 (UNB): Another train is set to operate from Dhaka to Khulna via Padma Bridge from Friday.
As part of a final test run, the 'Nakshikatha' commuter train left Khulna at 12:05 am on Friday and reached the capital on Friday morning.
The commuter train will leave for Dhaka at 11:30 pm every day from Friday (December 1) and will reach Dhaka at 10:10 am, according to Khulna Railway Station Master Masud Rana.
There are about 600 seats in the six carriages of the train. Commuters can travel to Dhaka from Khulna, a distance of almost 500 kilometres, by this train for only Tk 210.
The 'Nakshikatha' commuter train will run seven days a week and will have stoppages at 25 stations, according to station master Rana.
He said NRSR Trading, a private company, is operating the train on lease. The train used to run from Khulna to Goalanda as a mail train.