First goods train on revived Chilahati-Haldibari route to leave India for Bangladesh on 31 July.
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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 of India and Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
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.
The reopened Haldibari – Chilahati line is the fifth cross-border line to be reinstated, following the: