Bijoy Express derailment disrupts Mymensingh-Jamalpur rail services for 2.5 hours

An overnight recovery operation clears the track after disruptions on the route

Train services on the Mymensingh-Jamalpur route have resumed after a coach of the Bijoy Express derailed in Mymensingh city, halting movement for about two and a half hours.

Md Aktar Hossain, cheif of Mymensingh Railway Police, said services returned to normal around 1am on Friday once the derailed coach was recovered.

The Chattogram-bound Bijoy Express, which had left Jamalpur, derailed a coach near the city's Notun Bazar around 9:30pm on Thursday.

Earlier the same evening, a wheel of a gang car derailed just before Shyamganj Railway Station, leaving Mohanganj Express stranded at Gouripur station and Jaria Local at Shambhuganj.

Services on that route resumed around 7:45pm.