The Ministry of Railways in consultation with the concerned
Government agencies has decided to run one additional trip of
Kolkata-Dhaka Cantonment Maitree Express each week. Indian Railways has
now started running Mairtree Express from Kolkata with its own rake from
4th January 2015 every Sunday and from Dhaka Cantonment from 5th
January 2015 every Monday for six month i.e. upto 29th June 2015 in the
exiting timing, in addition to the existing days of service on Tuesday
and Saturday from Kolkata and on Wednesday and Friday from Dhaka
Cantonment.
On the completion of six months, this arrangement will get reversed and
Bangladesh Railway rake will start running from Dhaka Cantonment from
5th July 2015 every Sunday and from Kolkata every Monday in the existing
timings, in addition to the existing days of service on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
Increase in the frequency of Maitree Express was decided in the
Inter-Railway Meeting between the representatives of Indian Railways and
Bangladesh Railway held in Kolkata on 26th and 27th October 2015.