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With almost half of the season gone, Bangladesh Railway has decided to launch a special train service to transport mango from June 8 from Chapainawabganj and Rajshahi to Dhaka.

In 2020, the government began the “mango special train” to help growers’ transporting their goods amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

However, the service may run only for two weeks as BR has to operate “Cattle Special Train” ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha, raising questions about the feasibility of the service.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan will inaugurate the “mango special train” service at Chapainawabganj Railway Station on June 8, Asim Kumar Talukder, general manager (west) of BR, told The Daily Star yesterday.

One train will be operated every day from Chapainawabganj at 4:00pm and will take mangos from Rohanpur, Rajshahi, Arani, Abdulpur and Ishwari stations, he said.

However, they will allow mangos from other stations too if a large amount of the fruit is pre-booked from those stations, he added.