It took railway authorities more than 31 hours to repair the tracks after a passenger train collided with a goods train at Joydebpur railway station on Friday, resulting in huge inconvenience to passengers. Many passengers also waited for a long time at the stations.
A mistake by a signalman resulted in a collision between a Tangail commuter train and a goods train at Joydebpur, injuring four people including the locomaster. The next day on Saturday, due to the presence of mind of the locomaster of a train, two trains were saved from colliding head-on at Bangabandhu Bridge. That day, Maitri Express coming from Kolkata to Dhaka was kept waiting on the newly constructed railway track number. 5 o'clock at about 2:15. At that time, the Rajshahi-bound Dhumketu Express coming from Dhaka was ordered to enter rail track no. 4, but the station master and pointsman accidentally drove the train onto the track. 5. Seeing the second train standing, the locomaster of Dhumketu Express immediately stopped his train.
