Railway passengers between Dhaka and the northern region routes suffered dearly on Saturday due to a dreadful disruption in schedules following a derailment incident in Gazipur on Friday.
Trips of at least three local trains were cancelled on the day.
About 31 hours after the incident, rail communications in the area resumed fully.
Before that almost all trains on the routes ran behind schedules by several hours as trains were running using only one line.
Tired passengers were seen waiting at the stations in the capital and in the northern districts amid heatwave.
Earlier, a commuter train rammed head-on a standing oil tanker train in Kazibari area near Joydebpur station in Gazipur at about 11:00am on Friday, leaving four people, including two locomasters, injured and derailing four compartments of the train and six wagons of the oil tanker.
Bangladesh Railway suspended the Abgomti stationmaster and two pointsmen over primary findings of 鈥榟uman failure or technical problems鈥�.
Following the accident, train services on the route were suspended immediately and the service resumed partially by one line around 1:30pm on Friday.
Railway鈥檚 Dhaka divisional transport officer Khairul Kabir said that all derailed compartments and wagons had been removed from the other line on Saturday evening.
鈥楻ail communications on both lines became normal about 7:00pm on Saturday,鈥� he added.
Before resumption of train services on both lines, all trains on the northern region were using only one line for leaving and entering the capital.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Gazipur reported, quoting the Joydebpur station master Al Yasbah, that the journeys of Mohua Commuter, Turag Commuter and Jamalpur Commuter were cancelled on Saturday due to schedule disruption.
Journey of Maitree Express on Dhaka鈥揔olkata was also delayed by around three hours, Yasbah added.聽
On Saturday, since morning a large number of passengers were seen waiting at the Dhaka railway station in Kamalapur for different trains.
Amid the heatwave, women, children and elderly people were seen suffering more than others.
On the day, the Silkcity Express on the Rajshahi鈥揇haka route and Nilsagar Express on the Dhaka鈥揅hilahati route each was running nearly seven hours late, Rangpur Express on the Dhaka鈥揜angpur rounte was running over five hours late, Ekota Express on the Dhaka鈥揚anchagarh route was running over four hours and Drutajan Express on Panchagarh鈥揇haka route was running about two hours behind the schedule.
Dhaka railway station manager Masud Sarwar said that no trains were cancelled on the day and the schedules would become normal within the next two days.聽
Earlier, three railway employees were suspended on March 27 following a derailment at Ishwardi area in Pabna after a stone-laden freight train collided with an oil tanker train.
This year at least six incidents of derailment took place.
