Ctg train service resumes after 5hr

This Star file photo taken on June 5, 2014 shows a Dhaka-bound freight train from Chittagong derails near Fazilpur Muhuri Bridge in Feni.

Rail communication of Chittagong with the other parts of the country including Dhaka was restored after five hours of disruption following a train derailment at Fouzdarhat in the port city today.

Three bogies of a container train veered off the tracks around 10:00am, said Feroz Iftekhar, divisional transportation officer of Chittagong railway.

Train service of Chittagong with the capital and other parts of the country remains suspended following the derailment, reports our Chittagong correspondent.

The train movement resumed around 2:45pm after a rescue train removed the derailed bogies from the tracks, the railway official said.