Trial run of first container train
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High Commission of India

Dhaka

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Press Release 

Trial Run of first container train from India to Bangladesh

India and Bangladesh will now be able to send and receive containerized goods through railways. A trial run of the first container train from Kolkata to Bangabandhusetu West station was flagged off from Majerhat station, Kolkata in the morning of April 3 by the General Manager, Eastern Railways, Government of India and the CMD of CONCOR. The train will enter Bangladesh through Gede/Darsana border today and will terminate at Bangabandhu Setu West Station on April 4, 2018 where it will be received by senior officials of the Bangladesh Railway.

This is pursuant to the signing of an MoU between the Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) and Container Company of Bangladesh Limited (CCBL) for starting the container services between the two countries during the visit of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh to India in April 2017.

Transportation of goods through container trains is likely to be a faster and cheaper option for both India and Bangladesh.

Dhaka

April 3, 2018

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