Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan today (April 4) inaugurated the test run of a special train from Bhanga to Mawa via the Padma Bridge.

The train began its journey at 1:22pm and reached Mawa at 3:24pm.
 
The train with seven newly imported Chinese coaches started from Bhanga Station at 1:21 pm and reached the approach point in Shariatpur of Padma Bridge at 2:38 am and the bridge at 2:48 pm.
 
It took 16 minutes to cross the 6.15-km bridge at a speed of 20 km per hour.

The train crossed Bhanga Junction, Panchor Shariatpur Station and Padma Station to finally end the trail run at Mawa Station at 3:18 pm.
 
Railway minister Nurul Islam Sujon experienced the trail run along with chief whip and deputy minister for water resources and local MPs.
 
The Bangladesh Railway ran the train with plus and minus 20 km speed.

Water Resources Deputy Minister AKM Enamul Haque Shameem, Chief Whip of Jatiya Sangsad Noor e Alam Chowdhary, lawmakers Mujibur Rahman Choudhary, Naeem Rajak, Shagufta Yasmeen Amily, Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap and Faridpur Zila Parishad chairman Shahadat Hossain were present at that time.

Though 42.2 km track placement work was completed to run train experimentally, stations in between Bhanga and Mawa were not completed.

According to Padma Bridge Rail Link Project, work of four stations, 13 major bridges and four signaling systems were completed.
 
BDST: 1705 HRS, APRIL 04, 2023
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