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at Joydebpur Outer Signal (Kazibari) area around 10:45am on Friday, leaving three people, including a train driver, injured.

Several coaches of the commuter train were derailed stranding several trains at different stations.

Railway authorities resumed services using one line, which slowed operations.

During a visit to Kamalapur Railway Station around 2:40pm yesterday, this correspondent saw many passengers waiting for trains in the summer heat. Children and women were the worst victims of the delay.

Romana Akhter arrived at Kamalapur around 8:30am to catch the Rangpur Express, which was supposed to leave the station at 9:10am. There was no sign of the train as of 2:40pm.

The dashboard at the station read: “The train will be delayed.”

Romana said, “We don’t know when the train will arrive….It’s almost unbearable to wait for the train for so long in this heat.”

Similarly, the Chapainawabganj-bound Rajshahi commuter train was supposed to depart at 12:20pm but the train did not reach the stations as of 2:40pm.

Contacted, Masud Sarwar, station manager of Kamalapur Railway Station, said some trains got struck on Friday at different points following the collision.

“Those trains arrived at the station late, so they’re leaving late,” he told The Daily Star around 3:00pm.

He said all trains using the Joydebpur route got delayed by two to three hours.