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• First goods train on revived Chilahati-Haldibari route to leave India for Bangladesh on 31 July.

More about news:

• The Haldibari-Chilahati train route was opened in December last year for the operation of the goods train after a gap of 55 years during the virtual summit between Prime Minister of India and Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
• The passenger train will also run on the same route. This route was closed during the India-Pakistan war of 1965.
• However, the operation of the trains remained disrupted due to the COVID 19 pandemic in India and Bangladesh.
• The reopened Haldibari – Chilahati line is the fifth cross-border line to be reinstated, following the:
• Petrapole, India – Benapole, Bangladesh.
• Gede, India – Darshana, Bangladesh.
• Singhabad, India – Rohanpur, Bangladesh, and.
• Radhikapur, India – Birol, Bangladesh lines.

https://newsonair.com/2021/07/30/first-goods-train-on-revived-chilahati-haldibari-route-to-leave-india-for-bangladesh-on-31-july/

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