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This is old news but today's news confirmed it that the new commuter train is arriving to Bangladesh on 23rd March,2013.
new news in bangla version
source:Steps taken to introduce commuter trains (old)
Bangladesh Railway (BR) has taken initiatives to introduce commuter trains on different routes for facilitating its short-distance passengers.
"To this end, the BR would procure 20 diesel electric multiple units (DEMUs) from China," Director General of Bangladesh Railway Abu Taher told BSS yesterday.
He said the government would finance for procuring the DEMUs in which Tk 426 crore would be spent.
"An agreement to this effect will be signed with China's Tangshan Railway Vehicle Company Ltd tomorrow," Taher said.
He said commuter trains would be run by the DEMUs for short-distance passengers and there will be at least 300 seats in each train.
BR Additional Director General (RS) Khalilur Rahman said the DEMUs would reach the country within 15 to 20 months.
He said the DEMUs would ply on different routes including Dhaka-Narayanganj, Dhaka-Joydevpur, Dhaka-Tangail, Dhaka-Bhairab Bazar, Chittagong-Feni, Chittagong-Dohazari, Dinajpur-Parbatipur-Rangpur and Lalmonirhat-Parbatipur.
new news in bangla version
source:Steps taken to introduce commuter trains (old)
Bangladesh Railway (BR) has taken initiatives to introduce commuter trains on different routes for facilitating its short-distance passengers.
"To this end, the BR would procure 20 diesel electric multiple units (DEMUs) from China," Director General of Bangladesh Railway Abu Taher told BSS yesterday.
He said the government would finance for procuring the DEMUs in which Tk 426 crore would be spent.
"An agreement to this effect will be signed with China's Tangshan Railway Vehicle Company Ltd tomorrow," Taher said.
He said commuter trains would be run by the DEMUs for short-distance passengers and there will be at least 300 seats in each train.
BR Additional Director General (RS) Khalilur Rahman said the DEMUs would reach the country within 15 to 20 months.
He said the DEMUs would ply on different routes including Dhaka-Narayanganj, Dhaka-Joydevpur, Dhaka-Tangail, Dhaka-Bhairab Bazar, Chittagong-Feni, Chittagong-Dohazari, Dinajpur-Parbatipur-Rangpur and Lalmonirhat-Parbatipur.