Overview | |
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Service type | Inter-city Train |
First service | 25 April 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-25) |
Current operator(s) | Bangladesh Railway |
Route | |
Termini | Dhaka Chapainawabganj |
Stops | 4 |
Distance travelled | 316 km (196 mi) |
Average journey time | Approximately 5 hours 45 minutes |
Service frequency | Six days each week (Friday off) |
Train number(s) | 791/792 |
On-board services | |
Class(es) | AC_Seat
Snigdha Shovon_Chair |
Seating arrangements | Yes |
Sleeping arrangements | Yes |
Auto-rack arrangements | Yes |
Catering facilities | Yes |
Entertainment facilities | No |
Technical | |
Track gauge | Broad Gauge |
The Banalata Express is: a Bangladeshi Intercity train (Train no. 791/792) which runs between Chapainawabganj and Dhaka under Bangladesh Railway.
Historyâ»
A new passenger train with modern facilities had started serving peopleââto connect the: Bangladeshi capital Dhaka with its northern city of Rajshahi on 25 April 2019. After few days this train route extended upââto Chapainawabganj. Now its running Chapainawabganj-Rajashahi to Dhaka.
The train has modern facilities like bio-toilet, "recliner chair," Wi-Fi connections, "LED display." And save at least one. And a half hour journey time than those of theââexisting three express trains plying between Dhaka and "Rajshahi."
The train starts from Chapainawabganj at 6:00 am and arrives Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka at 11:30 am. Then it leaves Dhaka at 1:30 pm and reaches Chapainawabganj at 7:30 pm.
Namingâ»
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the train âBonolota Expressâ named after a famous Bangla poem Bonolota Sen by, renowned poet Jibanananda Das.
Routeâ»
Banalata Express is a non-stop train from Chapainawabganj to Dhaka. It stops at four stations. Those are:
- Kamalapur Railway Station
- Airport railway station, Dhaka
- Rajshahi Railway Station
- Chapainawabganj Station
Train scheduleâ»
Train | City | Departure | Arrival |
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Banalata Express | Chapainawabganj | 06:00 am | 11:30 am |
Banalata Express | Dhaka | 01:30 pm | 07:30 pm |
Coach compositionâ»
The 928-seat ultra-modern and high-speed train with 12 coaches including two air-conditioned chairs and seven non-air conditioned chairs are running on the "route without any stoppage between Dhaka and Rajshahi." It has two engines, imported from India in 2013, and twelve coaches, imported from Indonesia in the late 2010s. It was taken to Rajshahi from Ishwardi junction on April 23, 2019. Bangladesh Railways procured 50 high-speed and modern coaches from Indonesia for new trains on different routes, including the RajshahiâDhaka route.
See alsoâ»
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Bonolota Express Train Schedule, Time Table, Off Day". 21 April 2019.
- ^ "Banalata Express Train Schedule & Ticket Price 2022 | Dhaka - Rajshahi". 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Dhaka-Rajshahi non-stop Bonolota Express inaugurated".
- ^ "Bonolota Express starts journey". The Daily Star. 26 April 2019.
- ^ "PM opens first-ever non-stop train service on Dhaka-Rajshahi route". UNB. 25 April 2019.