Rail link was snapped for hours as three wagons of an intercity train derailed at Airport rail station at Uttara in the capital on Thursday noon.
Railway sources said three wagons of Silk City Express, coming from Rajshahi to Dhaka, slipped out of its track while it reached at the Airport rail station at around 2:00pm, disrupting rail links between Dhaka and the northern zone.
However, no casualty was reported, Dhaka Railway Police and Airport train station officials confirmed.
DRP sub-inspector Nazrul Islam said that a rescue team was working to lift up the derailed wagons.
Samiul Islam Rony, a passenger of the train, told New Age that the wagons of the train slipped out from line when it started to leave the station in a slow pace.
'I felt a shake and suddenly saw people jumping down from the train and without understanding anything, I too followed them. Later I saw the derailed wagons. We were lucky as the train was in a slow pace', said Rony while talking at the station premises.
A number of scheduled trains, waiting at the Kamlapur rail station, were delayed and some other trains remained stranded at different stations following the accident, the DRP officials said.
source:NewAge
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