Indian train steams into Bangladesh |
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Jul 9th, 2007, 16:05
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| Landscape Photographer  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kolkata. INDIA
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| Indian train steams into Bangladesh An Indian train containing delegates steams into Bangladesh through the Gede-Darsana border in West Bengal. This is the first train to enter Bangladesh from India in 42 years. Regular train services will be resumes probably from mid-August 2007. Link: http://in.today.reuters.com/news/new...archived=False |
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Jul 11th, 2007, 08:13
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| Maha Guru Member  Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northern California
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| I am full of questions about this: how long does the journey from Kolkata to Dhaka take? How much will it cost? Where in Kolkata do I get my visa for Bangladesh? |
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Jul 11th, 2007, 10:14
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| Account Closed  Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
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| The Journey will take 12 hours. The one way fare is USD 8 (Non air con Chair) & USD 12 (Air con chair). |
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Jul 11th, 2007, 11:11
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kolkata
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| Kolkata to Dacca train will starts from Kolkata terminal to Raghunathgunj Jn. of Bangladesh.Three classes will be there viz. 2nd class, AC 3tier and 1st AC and fares will be $8,$12 & $20 respectively.Two days in a week from Kolkata and two days from Dacca.Approx. 12 hrs. is time of journey.Service may be commenced from Sept.'07. |
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Apr 21st, 2008, 16:43
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| Landscape Photographer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kolkata. INDIA
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| Moitree Express - train to Bangladesh Hi all, Here is a chance to recount lost memories - the train service to Bangladesh has been started. The Kolkata-Dhaka-Kolkata Moitree Express (Moitree means friendship) started on April 14, 2008. The train will run on Saturdays and Sundays with one Indian Railways and one Bangladesh Railways rake. Indian Railways locomotive with haul the train uptil Darshana, from where Bangladesh Railways locomotive will take charge, and vice versa. The train starts from Kolkata Terminal (formerly Chitpur) at 7:10 a.m. and reaches Dhaka at around 8 p.m. Another train comes from Dhaka approximately the same timings. The Indian rake will go to Dhaka on Saturdays and return back on next Sunday, and the Bangladesh Railways rake will come to Kolkata on Saturday and go back on Sundays. This is a 7 carriage train with no stoppages for passengers in between. The train will stop at the boder outposts of Gede (India) and Darshana (Bangladesh) to complete the formalities of the passengers. Here is the link for images of the train: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhaswar...7604655676383/ regards, Bhaswaran
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Apr 22nd, 2008, 01:59
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| Member  Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: South of England.
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| Thanks for the info and the pics. Would be good to know what kind of 'First Class' the train has, First Class air con, or Executive Chair Class? |
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Apr 22nd, 2008, 03:36
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| Lord of Kalinjar  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: the real surf city
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 | this bogey has sealed windows- most of them, anyway. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhaswar...7604655676383/ Methinks this means some level of AC???
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Apr 22nd, 2008, 09:09
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| Maha Guru Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northern California
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| The material I read indicated that the entire train is AC |
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Apr 22nd, 2008, 09:55
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| Account Closed Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
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1. Non air con Chair class. 2. Air con Chair class. 3. Air con sleeper class. | |
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Apr 22nd, 2008, 16:15
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| I travelled on some of the new Indonesian built Bangladeshi stock the other week, the quality of the accomodation is superb in all classes and is kept spotless by the staff. The onboard catering is good too. Looking forward to travelling on this train one day. |
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Apr 22nd, 2008, 23:34
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The Bangladesh train website and maps that I found make finding trains easy, wish I could say the same for Pakistan. | |
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Apr 23rd, 2008, 16:54
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| There is no printed public timetable for Bangladesh, one of the lads I went with made his own with info taken from the internet. He took photos of departure boards while we were there to add to what we had. I'll give you a shout when he's completed it and mail you a copy over if you like. As for Pakistan, they do issue a public all-line timetable, I got one in 2001, but the lad I went with has it. |
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May 8th, 2008, 17:16
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| Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sweden
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| Hi! I was thinking of taking the train from Dhaka to Kolkata. Anyone who knows how much it is for the different classes? |
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May 11th, 2008, 21:26
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| Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sweden
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| Where does the train departs from in Kolkata? |
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