India to Bangladesh train; launch by Modi and Sheikh Hasina

Today, cross-country rail-service will be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina.

The Khulna-Kolkata train service opens two bridges on railway routes connecting Dhaka with Sylhet and Chittagong.

Both Modi and Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the rail service through a video conferencing from New Delhi and Dhaka respectively.They would also launch an 'end-to-end' immigration facility to ease Dhaka-Kolkata Maitree train services.

Railway officials said the two new bridges have been built on the Bhairab and Titas rivers for the second track and will be called second Bhairab Bridge and second Titas bridge. The train will be called as 'Bandhan Express'.

It would start its operation from November 16.