Meghna Express

Meghna Express (Train no. 729-730) is an inter-city train service running between Chittagong Railway Station of Chittagong and Chandpur Railway Station of Chandpur operated by Bangladesh Railway.

For other uses, see Meghna (disambiguation).
Meghna Express
Overview
Service typeInter-city
StatusActive
LocaleChittagong Rail Division
Current operator(s)Bangladesh Railway
Route
StartChittagong Railway Station
Stops8
EndChandpur Railway Station
Distance travelled180 km
Average journey time4 hours 30 minutes
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)729-730
Line(s) usedChittagong-Laksham-Chandpur line
On-board services
Seating arrangementsYes
Sleeping arrangementsYes
Catering facilitiesYes
Observation facilitiesNo
Entertainment facilitiesNo
Technical
Track gaugemeter gauge
Track owner(s)Bangladesh Railway
Rake maintenancePahartoli Workshop, Pahartoli, Chittagong

Details

Meghna Express is a meter-gauge inter-city train service of East zone of Bangladesh Railway. Introduced in 1985,[1] it is the only Inter-city train service between Chittagong and Chandpur.

Timetable

(The timetable of Bangladesh Railway is changed over the time. It is requested to visit the official website of Bangladesh Railway to check the latest timetable. The timetable below is according to the 52nd timetable of Bangladesh Railway that was effective from 10th January, 2020)

Train

no.

 Source Departure Destination Arrival Weekly

holiday

729 Chattogram 17:15 Chandpur 21:25 No
730 Chandpur 05:00 Chattogram 09:00

Stoppages
  1. Feni Junction
  2. Nangol Coat
  3. Laksham Junction
  4. Chitoshi Road
  5. Meher
  6. Hajiganj
  7. Madhu Road[2]
  8. Chandpur Court

Rolling Stock

Meghna Express runs on vacuum coaches with a load of 17/34.[3] Previously it had 19/38 load.[4] Class 2900 or Class 2600 locomotive is usually used to haul this train.

Performance

Meghna Express is a very profitable train connecting many districts of southern Bangladesh with Chittagong.[5] Many commuters from Barishal use this train to connect with Chittagong via the meghna river.[6] Due to this popularity, there were plans to introduce a second rake for this train,[7] though it still runs on a single rake.

Accidents
  • 12/02/2015: Chittagong bound Meghna Express collided with a bus at 11 am at A. K. Khan rail crossing, Pahartali, Chittagong. 2 people died and 25 injured.[8]
  • 19/02/2015: Some strikers put an empty coach (no. 2024) of Meghna Express on fire by pouring petrol. Due to this, some parts of seat no. 48, 49, 50 and 51 of that coach were burnt.[9]
  • 07/01/2016: Chandpur bound Meghna Express became the victim of petrol bomb and cocktail attack at Unkila area near Chitoshi/Shahrasti at around 8:45 pm. No casualties happened.[10]
  • 14/11/2017: A person died being hit by Meghna Express at around 5 am at a rail crossing beside Bangabandhu Road, Chandpur.[11]
  • 09/03/2018: Five minutes before reaching Chandpur railway station, power car no. 8358 of Meghna Express caught fire due to overheating of the generator. The railway staffs were able to extinguish fire completely before the situation could go worse. Nobody died but almost 30 passengers were injured for rushing with panic to get out of the train.[12][13]
  • 28/11/2018: Chandpur bound Meghna Express crashed with a local bus at Shorshodi rail gate, Feni. 5 died and 15 injured due to this accident.[14]
  • 28/05/2019: A person died being hit by Chandpur bound Meghna Express at 9 pm at Hajiganj railway station area.[15]
  • 15/06/2019: Some passengers vandalized glasses and doors of Nangol Coat railway station as Chittagong bound Meghna Express delayed 1 hour 30 minutes to reach the station.[16][17]
  • 25/08/2019: A teen died being hit by Meghna Express train at a rail crossing near the godown quarter area, Feni.[18]

References
  1. "বগি–সংকটে যাত্রীদের দুর্ভোগ". প্রথম আলো (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  2. "মেঘনা এক্সপ্রেস ট্রেন এখন মধুরোড় স্টেশনে যাত্রাবিরতি করছে". www.prothom-alo.com. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  3. "চাঁদপুরে মেঘনা এক্সপ্রেস ট্রেনে আগুন অল্পের জন্যে রক্ষা পেলো ১৭টি বগি ও শত শত যাত্রী". Chandpur News. 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  4. "বগি–সংকটে যাত্রীদের দুর্ভোগ". প্রথম আলো (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  5. "যাত্রী আছে ট্রেন নেই ॥ ডেমুতে তোলাবাজ". The Daily Sangram. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  6. "মেঘনা এক্সপ্রেস ট্রেনের সময়সূচি সম্পর্কে | চিঠিপত্র | The Daily Ittefaq". archive1.ittefaq.com.bd. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  7. Chandpur Times (2019-04-03). "চাঁদপুর-চট্টগ্রাম রুটে চালু হবে মেঘনা এক্সপ্রেস-২". Chandpur Times | চাঁদপুর টাইমস. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  8. "চট্টগ্রামে বাস-ট্রেন সংঘর্ষে নিহত ২, আহত ২৫" [2 died and 25 injured due to a bus-train collision in Chittagong]. Somoy TV (in Bengali). 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  9. "চাঁদপুরে মেঘনা এক্সপ্রেস ট্রেনের বগিতে আগুন" [Fire at a bogie of Meghna Express in Chandpur]. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  10. "চাঁদপুর যাওয়র পথে মেঘনা এক্সপ্রেস ট্রেনে পেট্রোল বোমা নিক্ষেপ" [Petrol bomb was thrown on Meghna Express on its way to Chandpur]. khobortorongo.com. 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  11. "চাঁদপুরে মেঘনা এক্সপ্রেস ট্রেনে কাটা পড়ে অজ্ঞাত তরুণীর মৃত্যু" [An unidentified young woman died being run over by Meghna Express train]. হৃদয়ে চাঁদপুর (in Bengali). 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  12. "চাঁদপুরে মেঘনা এক্সপ্রেস ট্রেনে আগুন : আহত ৩০" [Fire at Meghna Express train at Chandpur : 30 injured]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  13. "চাঁদপুরে মেঘনা এক্সপ্রেস ট্রেনে আগুন অল্পের জন্যে রক্ষা পেলো ১৭টি বগি ও শত শত যাত্রী" [Fire at Meghna Express train, 17 bogies and hundreds of passengers survived]. Chandpur News (in Bengali). 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  14. "ফেনীতে ট্রেনের ধাক্কায় ৫ বাসযাত্রীর মৃত্যু" [5 passengers of a bus died being hit by train]. Sarabangla.net (in Bengali). 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  15. "হাজীগঞ্জে ট্রেনে কাটা পড়ে অজ্ঞাত নারী মৃত্যু" [Unidentified women died being run over by a train in Hajiganj]. Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  16. "ট্রেন দেরিতে আসায়…". Risingbd.com (in Bengali). 2019-06-15. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  17. "মেঘনা ট্রেন বিলম্বে আসায় যাত্রীদের কুমিল্লার নাঙ্গলকোট রেলস্টেশন বিক্ষোভ ও ভাংচুর" [Demonstration and vandalism at Nangol Coat rail station as Meghna train came lately]. Bartoman Pratidin (in Bengali). 2019-06-15. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  18. "ফেনীতে ট্রেনে কাটা পড়ে কিশোর নিহত" [Teen died being run over by train at Feni]. unb.com.bd (in Bengali). 2019-08-25. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
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