train derailment

Container train derails at Kamalapur, services resume fully after disruption

Although the railways authorities were able to open the second line around 2:10pm, trains are still running late
19 March 2025, 08:35 AM

Train operation resumes 14 hours after Bijoy Express derailed in Cumilla

Train operations on the down line resumed 14 hours early today after the derailment of Bijoy Express at Nangalkot in Cumilla yesterday
18 March 2024, 04:41 AM

Chattogram delinked as train derails in Cumilla

Rail services to and from Chattogram have remained suspended since a train derailed in Cumilla yesterday afternoon.
17 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Rail link of Ctg with Dhaka, Sylhet restored after 10 hours

Rail communications of Chattogram with Dhaka and Sylhet was restored after around 10 hours of suspension following a train derailment at Rajapur station in Cumilla’s Burichang upazila early today.
9 May 2022, 05:36 AM

High speed train derails in northern Italy, 2 drivers die

A high-speed train derailed in the northern Italian province of Lodi, killing its two drivers and interrupting traffic on the busy line between Milan and Bologna, officials say.
6 February 2020, 16:33 PM

M’singh-Chattogram rail link snapped after train derailment

A compartment of a freight train derails at the home signal of Gouripur Railway Station this evening, disrupting rail communication between Mymensingh and Chattogram through Bhairab in Kishoreganj.
17 January 2020, 14:35 PM

Rangpur Express derails, 3 bogies catch fire

At least eight passengers are injured as three compartments of Rangpur Express catch fire after the derailment of the intercity train in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj.
14 November 2019, 08:52 AM

Sylhet-Dhaka-Chattogram train service resumes after 4hrs

Rail communication of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chattogram resumes four hours after a train derailed in the district’s Fenchuganj upazila.
4 September 2019, 08:34 AM

Misaligned wheels or faulty lines

The derailment of Upaban Express in Moulvibazar was caused likely by faulty lines or misaligned carriage wheels, say officials.
24 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Mymensingh train service resumes after derailment

Rail communication of Mymensingh with Dhaka and Chattogram has resumed ten hours after derailment of a local train in Kishoreganj Sadar upazila.
16 June 2019, 05:36 AM

Indian freight train derails in Rajshahi

An Indian freight train derailed near Sarda station in Rajshahi early yesterday, snapping rail communication for six hours.
24 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Train derails in B’baria, Ctg rail link snapped

Chattogram’s rail link with rest of the country is snapped after a freight train derailed in Brahmanbaria’s Kasba upazila.
21 September 2018, 11:26 AM

4 killed as train derails in Tongi

Four people are killed and at least ten injured as a commuter train derailed in Tongi, Gazipur.
15 April 2018, 07:46 AM

Train derailment: 2 probe bodies formed

Bangladesh Railway forms two separate committees to investigate yesterday’s train derailment in Moulvibazar that halted rail communication of Sylhet with other parts of the country for 16 hours.
24 February 2018, 05:53 AM

Sylhet’s rail link restored after 16hrs

Sylhet’s rail link to rest of the country is restored, 16 hours after a train veered off the tracks and derailed in Sreemangal, Moulvibazar.
23 February 2018, 04:54 AM

Train crashes killed 203 since 2009-10: minister

Railway Minister M Mujibul Haq says a total 203 people were killed and other 586 were injured in train accidents in the last eight years since 2009-10.
1 February 2018, 13:50 PM

3 dead, 100 injured after train jumps tracks in Washington state

An Amtrak train making the first-ever run along a faster new route hurtles off an overpass south of Seattle and spills some of its cars onto the highway below, killing at least three people, injuring more than 100 and crushing two vehicles, authorities say.
19 December 2017, 04:43 AM

Dhaka-Mymensingh rail link restored

Rail communication from Dhaka to Mymensingh resumes, about six hours after a train derailed in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila.
11 October 2017, 04:51 AM

Train derails in Moulvibazar, Sylhet rail link cut

A cargo train breaks down and derailed at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar snapping rail link between Dhaka and Sylhet completely.
22 July 2016, 13:14 PM

Derailment halts Mymensingh-Netrokona rail link

Mymensingh to Netrokona rail links are disrupted as a train’s engine derailed at Gouripur outer signal today.
26 February 2016, 09:48 AM