The first freight train from India reached Darshana International Railway Station in Chuadanga yesterday.

Starting from Kolkata, the train carrying 60 containers arrived at Darshana around 6:00pm, said Liakat Ali, station master of the railway station.

He said the train will stay there during night and will start for Dhaka today morning.

Bangladeshi high officials will receive the train at the Bangabandhu Bridge West Railway Station in Sirajganj on its way to Dhaka, Liakat said.

This is pursuant to the signing of a MoU between the Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) and Container Company of Bangladesh Limited (CCBL) for starting the container services between the two countries during the visit of the prime minister of Bangladesh to India in April 2017.

The service would make the transportation of goods faster and cheaper between the two counties, said a press release issued by High Commission of India in Dhaka yesterday.