DHAKA: The government is purchasing 250 extra strong and highly sophisticated rail coaches from Indonesia. 

Indonesian state-owned train maker PT Industri Kereta Api (Inka) said Bangladesh has already ordered the rail coaches. The first consignment of 18 new coaches will arrive in Bangladesh in November.

Inka finishing manager Agung Budiono went to visit the coaches in the factory in Madiun, East Java on Thursday (Oct 11). 

He said, “The train cars purchased by Bangladesh are larger with stronger structures and thicker walls and roofs. It is twice as strong as an ordinary train car.” 

“Such a specification was needed because when the trains were overcrowded, passengers would climb onto the roofs while the trains were travelling, Agung added.

“The train cars purchased by Bangladesh are larger and longer, as each train car has 90 seats, while the train cars used in Indonesia have 64 seats on average, said Agung, adding that a train in Bangladesh uses 22 train cars compared to the longest train in Indonesia, which uses 16 train cars,” he added.

Source: The Jakarta post

BDST: 2040 HRS, OCT 13, 2018
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