Mitali Exp connecting New Jalpaiguri with Dhaka begin its maiden journey on Wednesday

June 1: Mitali Express train connecting India with Bangladesh started its maiden journey today from New Jalpaiguri for Dhaka Cantonment station in presence of Lok Sabha MP Dr. Jayanta Roy and MLA Jalapiguri, Dr. Sankar Ghosh. Anshul Gupta, GM, Northeast Frontier Railway along with other senior officials were present during the flagging off of the train.

To further strengthen people to people connectivity through Rail between India and Bangladesh, Government of India and Bangladesh, after several meetings, decided to start a new passenger train service Mitali Express via recently-restored Haldibari-Chilahati rail link. This third passenger train service between New Jalpaiguri (India) – Dhaka (Bangladesh)- Mitali Express which was virtually inaugurated by both the Prime Ministers on 27^th March, 2021, was flagged-off virtually by Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Hon’ble Minister of Railways of India and Md. Nurul Islam Sujan, Hon’ble Railway Minister of Bangladesh, from Rail Bhavan, New Delhi today (i.e. 1^st June, 2022).  Earlier, this train could not be started due to Covid Pandemic restrictions.