CHILAHATI-HALDIBARI ROUTE

About:

• The Haldibari-Chilahati train route was opened in December last year for the operation of the goods train after a gap of 55 years during the virtual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
  
  
• The passenger train will also run on the same route. This route was closed during the India-Pakistan war of 1965.
  
  
• However, the operation of the trains remained disrupted due to the COVID 19 pandemic in India and Bangladesh.
  
  
• At present, five rail routes connect Bangladesh and India namely Petrapole-Benapole, Gede-Darshana, Singhabad-Rohanpur Radhikapur-Birol and Haldibari-Chilahati.