India plans to start the test run of a container train from Gede Railway Station to Bangladesh today in an effort to boost bilateral trade. The train will leave Kolkata's Katapur container terminal at 9:00am for Bangladesh, said Ravi Mahapatra, chief public relation officer of India's Eastern Railway.

Only rack rails used to run over the Gede-Darsana border, which will be replaced by the container trains from now on, he said.

Discussions are also going over launching new passenger rail routes between the two countries, Mahapatra said. “We are also examining the potentials of a Kolkata-Rajshahi rail route.”