Maitreyi Express, or Friendship Express Begins
Maitreyi Express, or Friendship Express Begins
The Maitreyi Express, or Friendship Express, makes the 310-mile journey from Calcutta to Dhaka on Monday, resuming the link between the two countries after more than 42 years.
More at BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7343248.stm
More at BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7343248.stm
East-West Bengal linked again via Rail
Report in a Bangladesh newspaper:
http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=32165
The 43-year hiatus in Dhaka-Kolkata rail link will end today when two passenger trains called the Maitree Express start simultaneously from Dhaka and Kolkata this morning.
The Bangladeshi authorities were compelled to add another compartment to the train due to the high demand of tickets. The train will leave Dhaka Cantonment Railway Station at 8:30am.
The train starting from Chitpur station in Kolkata will be greeted with Pahela Baishakh festivities at the Dhaka cantonment station on its arrival around 8:30pm.
The train, which has the capacity of 418 passengers--36 AC cabin, 80 AC chair and 302 Non-AC chair--in the seven compartments, will carry 80 passengers more in the added air-conditioned compartment.
The passenger train service between the two countries that was introduced during the British rule was snapped in March 1965 due to India-Pakistan war. Though governments of the two countries signed a five-year deal in 2001 to resume direct train service, it was not implemented.
http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=32165
The 43-year hiatus in Dhaka-Kolkata rail link will end today when two passenger trains called the Maitree Express start simultaneously from Dhaka and Kolkata this morning.
The Bangladeshi authorities were compelled to add another compartment to the train due to the high demand of tickets. The train will leave Dhaka Cantonment Railway Station at 8:30am.
The train starting from Chitpur station in Kolkata will be greeted with Pahela Baishakh festivities at the Dhaka cantonment station on its arrival around 8:30pm.
The train, which has the capacity of 418 passengers--36 AC cabin, 80 AC chair and 302 Non-AC chair--in the seven compartments, will carry 80 passengers more in the added air-conditioned compartment.
The passenger train service between the two countries that was introduced during the British rule was snapped in March 1965 due to India-Pakistan war. Though governments of the two countries signed a five-year deal in 2001 to resume direct train service, it was not implemented.
Train between Calcutta and Dhaka
from the BBC website:
On the morning of the Bengali New Year, cameraman Abdullah Al-Muyid and I boarded the Friendship or Maitree Express in Dhaka - the first passenger train between India and Bangladesh in over 40 years.
read on at -
http://http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/so...ia/7348325.stm
On the morning of the Bengali New Year, cameraman Abdullah Al-Muyid and I boarded the Friendship or Maitree Express in Dhaka - the first passenger train between India and Bangladesh in over 40 years.
read on at -
http://http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/so...ia/7348325.stm
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shorter crossing
Does it imply that people travelling from Kolkata to Mizoram / Manipur wont have to go all the way around... via the Indian "chicken neck" some day??
If this happens, it will be a great relief for travellers to the North East.
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If this happens, it will be a great relief for travellers to the North East.
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The Universe is an ellipsoid?... or a Spheroid?? If the sphere smiles... it becomes an ellipse. This IS Creation.
From Kolkata to furthest parts in eastern India by train
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Yes, there should be trains "travelling as the crow flies, as it were", going from Kolkata to Agartala and to Guwahati traversing through Bangladesh.
Originally Posted by AvidTrekker 
Does it imply that people travelling from Kolkata to Mizoram / Manipur wont have to go all the way around... via the Indian "chicken neck" some day??
If this happens, it will be a great relief for travellers to the North East.
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Does it imply that people travelling from Kolkata to Mizoram / Manipur wont have to go all the way around... via the Indian "chicken neck" some day??If this happens, it will be a great relief for travellers to the North East.
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If such a situation existed in Europe, such 'straight' trains would have started chugging a long time ago !
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