Trial run of freight train on Mawa-Bhanga railway via Padma Bridge
The train had an engine with five bogies to assess the capacity of the railroad and test the speed
A freight train of Bangladesh Railway successfully completed a trial run from Faridpur's Bhanga station crossing the Padma Bridge today (16 September).
The goods train left Bhanga station at 7:40 am and reached the Mawa Station via Padma Bridge and again returned to Bhanga Station, said Project director of Faridpur Rail Project, Brig: General Syed Ahmed.
The train, carrying 350 metric tons of stones, started its journey from Bhanga railway station in Faridpur at 7:40am in the morning. After the train reached Mawa station in Munshiganj, it again returned to Bhanga again, Brigadier Saeed Ahmed, manager of the Mawa-Bhanga section of the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project, told the media.
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The train has an engine with five bogies to assess the capacity of the railroad and test the speed.
"The train had a maximum speed of 80 km/h. We did not go at the maximum speed in the beginning," Saeed Ahmed said.
Earlier yesterday, another trial run of a train carrying passengers was conducted on the Mawa-Bhanga railway through the Padma Bridge.
