Rescue train sent to recover derailed Brahmaputra Express also goes off tracks; rail services suspended

Train services on the Dhaka–Mymensingh and
Mymensingh–Jamalpur routes have been suspended after a rescue train sent to
recover a derailed train also went off the tracks, reports Prothom Alo.
According to railway sources, a
power car of the Dhaka-bound Brahmaputra Express derailed around 9:12am today
(10 June) near the Anandamohan College level crossing in Mymensingh city. The
train was travelling from Dewanganj in Jamalpur to Dhaka.
The derailment initially disrupted
train operations on the Jamalpur–Mymensingh–Dhaka route.
To recover the stranded section of the train, railway
authorities dispatched a rescue train from the Mymensingh locomotive shed.
However, around 10am, the rescue
train itself derailed in the Krishtapur area before reaching Mymensingh
Junction Station.
Mymensingh Railway Police Station
Officer-in-Charge Akhtar Hossain said the Brahmaputra Express managed to reach
the station with its first nine coaches after the power car derailed, while the
remaining section was left behind.
"A rescue train was sent to
recover the stranded portion, but it also derailed on the way. It will take
some time to restore normal operations," he added.
















