Train communications with Khulna was restored on Thursday morning after seven hours following the derailment of a freight train at Basundia Singiai in Sadar upazila of Jashore district. Sub-inspector Mizanur Rahman, in-charge of Jashore Railway Police Station, said two bogies of a Natore-bound freight train from Khulna veered off the tracks around 4 am, halting train communication. A relief train rushed to the spot and conducted a salvage operation. Death toll from train derailment in Pakistan rises to 30 with 60 others injured Chitra Express train from Dhaka was stranded at Jashore Railway Station following the derailment. Rail link with Khulna was resumed around 11:10 am after a rescue train removed the bogies from the tracks. Train engine breaks down in Gazipur's Sreepur Railway Station, movement normalises around 9 am

Rail communications of Khulna with other parts of the country has been suspended following the derailment of a bogie of an oil tanker train in Doulatpur upazila of Khulna district Monday afternoon. Shafiqul Islam, in-charge of Doulatpur Rail Police camp, said the bogie veered off the tracks around 2:30 pm while the oil tanker train returning to Khulna from Santahar after unloading oil in front of Doulatpur BGB headquarters. Also read: Admission seekers’ blockade snaps Dhaka’s rail link with other parts for over 3 hrs Already, a relief train from Khulna left for the spot removing the bogie.  

Rail communication between Natore and Dhaka resumed Sunday evening after a stoppage of more than two hours, due to the derailment of a train at Abdulpur Junction in the northern district.The Dhaka-bound Padma Express train from Rajshahi veered off the tracks at Abdulpur Junction Station around 4:45pm, according to Nizam Uddin, the station master. Read: Unexploded mortar shells found near Bangladesh-Myanmar borderMeanwhile, train movement through alternative lines remained normal, he added.A relief train from Ishwardi went to the scene to salvage the derailed train and after over 2 hours' efforts, the rail communication resumed around 7 pm, the official added.There was no report of any casualty in the accident.  

An Ishwardi-bound freight train derailed at Halsa railway station in Kushtia on Saturday morning. Two oil tankers of the train derailed around 6.45am, said Sajedul Islam, assistant transport officer of Pakshi Divisional Railway. Thankfully, the movement of trains has not been affected in the southern region, including Dhaka, as the derailment occurred on the loop line, he added. Read: Train derailment in east Iran kills at least 10, injures 50 Meanwhile, a four-member committee has been formed to probe the derailment and submit its report within three working days. On information, a rescue train from Ishwardi was sent to the spot, added the officer.  

Rail communication between Dhaka and Mymensingh has remained suspended since Thursday morning as a bogie of a train derailed near Rajendrapur railway station. Rezaul Islam, station master of Joydebpur Railway junction, said a bogie of  Dhaka-bound ‘Bhawal Express’ train from Mymensingh veered off the tracks, halting train services on the route. A relief train left for the spot to salvage the train. Also read: Commuter train derails in Dinajpur, loco master injured A number of trains, including Jamalpur commuter train and Mahua Express train got stranded at different railway stations following the derailment.

A passenger train partially derailed in eastern Iran early Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 50 more, including some critically, authorities said. The report said the number of casualties could rise, though initial details about the disaster involving a train reportedly carrying some 350 passengers remained unclear. Four of the seven cars in the train derailed in the early morning darkness near the desert city of Tabas, Iranian state television reported. Tabas is some 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of the capital, Tehran. Rescue teams with ambulances and helicopters had arrived in the remote area where communication is poor. At least 16 people suffered critical injuries, with some transferred to local hospitals, officials said. Read: Egypt says 11 killed in train crash north of Cairo The derailment happened some 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside of Tabas on the rail that links the city to the central city of Yazd. Photos from the scene, published by the Young Journalists Club associated with state TV, appeared to show train cars on their side as rescuers tried to care for the injured. The report said the crash is under investigation. Initial reports suggested the train collided with an excavator near the track, though it wasn’t immediately clear why an excavator would have been close to the train track at night. One official suggest it could have been part of a repair project. Iran’s worst train disaster came in 2004, when a runaway train loaded with gasoline, fertilizer, sulfur and cotton crashed near the historic city of Neyshabur, killing some 320 people, injuring 460 others and damaging five villages. Another train crash in 2016 killed dozens and injuries of scores of people. Iran has some 14,000 kilometers (8,700 miles) of railway lines throughout a country about two and a half times the size of Texas. Its rail system sends both people and goods across the country, particularly in rural areas. Read: Train crashes in eastern Taiwan, killing 48, injuring dozens Iran also has some 17,000 annual deaths on its highways, one of the world’s worst traffic safety records. The high toll is blamed on wide disregard for traffic laws, unsafe vehicles and inadequate emergency services. Iran, already straining under U.S. sanctions over its collapsed nuclear deal, has been mourning the deaths of at least 41 people killed in a building collapse in the country’s southwest.

Dhaka’s train communications with Chattogram and Sylhet were restored Monday afternoon after 10 hours of suspension following derailment of three bogies of a Dhaka-bound freight. Railway sources said a container train was going to Dhaka from port city Chattogram and when it reached Rajapur railway station three bogies veered off the tracks at 4am.

A commuter train heading towards Dinajpur railway station derailed after crashing into a truck at a rail crossing in Parbatipur upazila amid heavy fog in the early hours of Wednesday. The locomotive master of the train sustained minor injuries in the accident that disrupted regular railway services on the Dinajpur route. Shahidul Islam, station master of Chirirbandar railway station, said that four bogies of Dolonchapa Express veered off the tracks after hitting the sand-laden truck at the Jashai rail gate at 4 am. "A relief train from Parbatipur is conducting the salvage operation," he said. Three inter-city trains and two commuter trains remained stranded at the Parbatipur rail station, causing immense sufferings to the commuters. Authorities concerned said that train communication would be restored in the evening. Read:Derailment: Dhaka-Chattogram rail link resumes after 7 hrs

A crane truck driver held responsible for Taiwan's worst rail disaster in seven decades was released on bail on Saturday, as the death toll rose to 51. Television footage showed the man, surnamed Lee, saying "I'm sorry" as he walked out of the District Court in Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, after being freed on bail of NT$500,000 (US$17,515). Justice Ministry senior official Lin Jinn-tsun told a press conference that prosecutors are pursuing charges of negligent homicide against Lee. Railway authorities have said the driver, whose truck was parked on a slope near a rail tunnel, might have been forgotten to engage the emergency brake, causing the vehicle to roll down and hit the express train when it was passing. Calling the accident "the island's worst rail disaster in seven decades," the authorities said that casualties stood at 51 dead and 188 injured as of Saturday evening. Also read: Taiwan prosecutors probe train crash that killed 51 Among those who died were a 5-year-old girl and a Frenchman who would have turned 28 on Sunday. An American woman in her 20s was identified as a fatality on Saturday. The train driver, 32, and his 31-year-old assistant also lost their lives. The accident happened at 9:28 a.m. on Friday, the first day of the Chingming tomb-sweeping festival, a four-day holiday period dedicated to offering prayers to ancestors. Also read: Train hits truck that slid onto track in Taiwan, killing 51   The No. 408 Taroko, with eight cars carrying 496 people, was traveling from Shulin, an inner city district in southwestern New Taipei City, to Taitung on the southeastern coast when it derailed while passing through Qingshui Tunnel, some 30 kilometers north of Hualien City. President Tsai Ing-wen, who visited Hualien on Saturday, vowed a "rigorous investigation" into the cause of the accident. Premier Su Tseng-chang, who visited the crash site and hospitals in the area on Friday, apologized again on Saturday on behalf of the government for what happened. Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung said he was deeply saddened by the accident and promised to shoulder political responsibility when the time comes. The Foreign Ministry thanked at least 80 countries expressing condolences via various means, including Japan, the United States and mainland China. Also read: Train crashes in eastern Taiwan, killing 48, injuring dozens China's state-run Xinhua News Agency reported that Chinese leader Xi Jinping expressed grave concern over the accident, mourned the deaths of "our compatriots," offered condolences to their families and wished those injured a speedy recovery.

A passenger train derailed at a rail crossing in Purbadhala on the Zaria-Mymensingh route on Tuesday morning, snapping train communication.