Trains operation has started from Kamalapur and all over the country as the railway running staff (drivers-guards) and workers-employees have called off the unannounced strike after a seven-and-a-half-hour train stop.
The Parabat Express left for Sylhet at 1:35pm on Wednesday (April 13) from platform number two of Kamalapur railway station.
However, as a result of the train strike, 18 trains from Kamalapur could not leave on time. As a result, according to the demand of the passengers of these trains, the railway authorities refunded the ticket money.
The train service started eight hours later from Chittagong. At 2:57pm on Wednesday, the first train Subarna Express from Chittagong left for Dhaka from platform number 7. The train was scheduled to leave Chittagong at 7:00am.
Earlier, due to the unannounced strike the train service was suspended from 6:00am on Wednesday.
Later, Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan went to Kamalapur railway station at 12:00 noon to see the situation and listen to the protesters. He assured that their demand to increase their salaries and allowances would be met. Railway running staff members then called off the train strike.
