CHUADANGA, Oct. 17 -- The first consignment of 18 broad gauge (BG) passenger carriages out of 200 arrived at Darshana International Railway Station in Chuadanga from India on Friday afternoon.

The carriage-laden rake reached the station at 2:40pm, marking a major step toward enhancing passenger service quality and capacity in Bangladesh Railway's Western Zone.

Supplied by India's RITES Limited under a procurement project and manufactured at the Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala, Punjab, the consignment departed for Bangladesh on October 12.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from United News of Bangladesh....