Trains to run on Padma Bridge in June next year, says railways minister

The train service from Dhaka to Bhanga through the Padma Bridge will be opened in June next year, said Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan on Sunday.

After the inauguration of the bridge next month, the work of installing the railway tracks on the bridge will start in July, said the minister while inspecting the progress of construction work of Mawa railway station under the Padma Bridge project at Mawa end of Louhajong Upazila in Munshiganj, reports UNB.

There were plans to open the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga rail service on the day of the opening of the Padma Bridge, but it was not possible to work on the upper part of the bridge as the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project Authority did not get the permission due to technical reasons, he said.