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Kolkata-Dhaka 'Moitree Express' start from April 14
Dhaka, Apr 7: The Bangladesh Council of Advisers has approved the draft of Dhaka-Kolkata passenger train service.
An
agreement
between
Bangladesh
and
India
would
be
signed
'soon'
for
the
train
service,
which
both
the
countries
have
agreed
in
principle
to
start
from
April
14,
press
secretary
to
the
chief
adviser
of
Bangladesh
Fakhruddin
Ahmed
told
mediapersons
yesterday.
Earlier,
railway
officials
finalised
the
details
of
the
service
at
a
two-day
bilateral
meet
on
Wednesday-Thursday,
Mr
Syed
Fahim
Munaim
said
after
the
advisory
council's
weekly
meeting.
The
''Moitree
[friendship]
Express''
will
travel
between
the
Cantonment
station
in
Dhaka
and
the
Chitpur
station
in
Kolkata
through
Darshana
border,
Mr
Munaim
said.
The two trains will simultaneously leave Dhaka and Kolkata every Saturday and return on Sunday, he added.
The train from Dhaka will have a capacity of 418 passengers and that from Kolkata 366 seats. The 538km journey -- 418km in Bangladesh and 120km in India -- will take 13 to 14 hours, The Daily Star quoted him as saying.
UNI
