Govt plans to operate electric train service on Dhaka-Chattogram route

Govt plans to operate electric train service on Dhaka-Chattogram route

SANGSAD BHABAN: Railway Minister M Nurul Islam Sujan today said the government has a plan to operate electric train service on Dhaka-Chattogram route.
“Bangladesh Railway has been working for providing cost-effective safe and comfortable transport service to the people of the country”, he said while replying to a star-marked question made by treasury bench lawmaker M Mamunur Rashid Kiron of Noakhali-3 at the question-answer session tabled at the Jatiya Sangsad here.
To this end, the minister said the government has already taken a feasibility study project aiming to operate electric train service between the capital Dhaka and the commercial city Chattogram.