COMILLA: A freight train derailed in Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning, disrupting rail communications on 30 routes to the capital and country’s eastern parts for three hours.

Railway sources said a bogie of Dhaka-bound goods train veered-off the track in-between Rasulpur and Rajapur stations at about 9 am.

Railway traffic resumed at 12 noon after a relief train from Akhaura cleared the line by conducting salvage operation.
 
Thousands of passengers suffered for the communications cutoff with Dhaka and 30 eastern routes, including Chittagong, Sylhet, Comilla and Noakhali lines.

Assistant executive engineer of Comilla station Shamsul Alam blamed lack of skill of the drivers and faulty rail lines cause frequent accidents on the route.

BDST: 1450 HRS, AUG 31, 2010