Trial run at 120km per hour completed on Jamuna Railway Bridge

Trial run at 120km per hour completed on Jamuna Railway Bridge

The trial runs of trains on the newly built Jamuna Railway Bridge over the Jamuna River with a maximum speed of 120 km per hour were conducted successfully on Sunday.
Two trains successfully ran on the bridge at 9:20am on Sunday, said the Chief Side Engineer of the Jamuna Railway Bridge, Md Mainul Islam.
The construction work of the Jamuna Railway Bridge started in August 2020, involving Tk 9734.7 crore and later the expenditure stood at Tk 16,780.96 crore.
Of the total expenditure, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) provided Tk 12,149.2 crore as loan.