June 7, 2007

The Train Service between Dhaka to Kolkata

Dhaka and Kolkata is going to make a communication by train service. After long time process the service will start from the mid of July 07. Bangladesh railway authority has started to expand their rail line as a broad-gauge.

"We expect to launch the train service between Dhaka and Kolkata by mid-July," Communication Secretary Mahbubur Rahman told reporters emerging from an inter-ministerial meeting.

Earlier reports said the passenger train service was expected to begin from August as Bangladeshi and Indian railway tracks from Joydevpur to Kamalapur in Bangladesh has almost been completed.

Bangladesh Railway officials said there would be three categories of fares: eight dollar, $12 and $20.