Are there rail connections to Bangladesh from India?
[7/01] Passenger services have been running on a trial basis between the two countries, commencing with the running of the Maitry Express (‘Friendship Express’) on the 117km stretch between Sealdah and Bongobandhu East in Bangladesh. A 60km stretch from there to Dhaka is under construction (it existed earlier but washed away in a flood in 1978). Prior to this, there have never been any scheduled passenger services between India and Bangladesh since the latter country came into being in 1971. Recently [3/07] passenger and freight services have been proposed between Sealdah / Kolkata terminal (Chitpore) to Joydebpur / Dhaka in Bangladesh, and some trial runs have been made. The proposal is for a 10-coach daily train to run from Gede on the Indian side to Joydebpur across the border, and then on to Dhaka (~330km). Goods trains run regularly between the countries. In the past there were many trains running between India and East Pakistan. In 1964, there were three trains from Sealdah runni
