Bogura train derailment: Transshipment plan in place as rail authorities target restoration by Thursday

Until services return to normal, passengers travelling from Dhaka to Nilphamari, Thakurgaon, Dinajpur, Panchagarh, and Joypurhat will be required to change trains at designated points to complete their journeys.

Train services on key northern routes were disrupted after the Nilsagar Express derailed near Bogura, prompting railway authorities to begin recovery operations and introduce alternative travel arrangements for passengers.

Ahmed Hossain Masum, chief engineer of Bangladesh Railway’s western zone, said rescue and recovery work has already begun at the site. “It is expected that everything will be restored by tomorrow [Thursday],” he told The Business Standard this evening (18 March).

In the meantime, authorities have implemented a “transshipment plan” to ease passenger movement along the affected route. The arrangement will serve passengers travelling to and from five northern districts impacted by the disruption.

Until services return to normal, passengers travelling from Dhaka to Nilphamari, Thakurgaon, Dinajpur, Panchagarh, and Joypurhat will be required to change trains at designated points to complete their journeys.

Railway officials said efforts are underway to clear the tracks and resume operations as quickly as possible. The derailment has led to the suspension of train services on sections of the Panchagarh-Dinajpur route, affecting connectivity across the northern region.

At least 112 passengers were injured after eight coaches of the Dhaka-bound intercity train, en route to Chilahati, derailed today near Bagbari, close to Santahar Junction in Bogura.

The train, numbered 765, went off the tracks with multiple coaches in what witnesses described as a severe accident. It reportedly occurred after the train ignored a signal and entered a maintenance zone.

Bogura Superintendent of Police Mirza Syem Mahmud visited the site and confirmed that 112 people were injured. Of them, 22 were admitted to Naogaon Sadar Hospital and Adamdighi Upazila Health Complex, while others received primary treatment and were later discharged.

Following the incident, train services on the Dhaka–Ishwardi–Dinajpur–Panchagarh route have been completely suspended, effectively cutting off northern regions from the capital by rail.

Chief Engineer Masum said a four-member committee has been formed to investigate the incident.