Banalata Express

Banalata Express
Overview
Service type	Inter-city Train
First service	25 April 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-25)
Current operator(s)	Bangladesh Railway
Route
Termini	Dhaka Chapainawabganj
Stops	4
Distance travelled	316 km (196 mi)
Average journey time	Approximately 5 hours 45 minutes
Service frequency	Six days each week (Friday off)
Train number(s)	791/792
On-board services
Class(es)	AC_Seat Snigdha Shovon_Chair
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	Yes
Auto-rack arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Yes
Entertainment facilities	No
Technical
Track gauge	Broad Gauge

Transport in Dhaka
Streets
Indira Road Nawabpur Road New Elephant road Panthapath Bangabandhu Avenue B. K. Dash Road Bijoy Sarani Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue Bailey Road Pragati Sarani Madani Avenue Sat Masjid Road Sonargaon Janapath Hrishikesh Das Road Artist Quamrul Hassan Road
Roads
Dhaka Elevated Expressway Dhaka–Ashulia Elevated Expressway Dhaka Bypass Expressway Dhaka–Narayanganj old road Narayanganj–Demra road Purbachal Expressway Airport Road Mirpur Road Hatirjheel–Demra Expressway
Bridges
Kuril Flyover Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover Mayor Mohammed Hanif Flyover Hatirjheel Mohakhali Flyover
Rail transport
Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line Dhaka–Jessore line Narayanganj–Laksam chord line Dhaka–Chittagong high-speed railway Narayanganj Commuter Turag Commuter Drutajan Express Banalata Express Barendra Express Mitali Express Maitree Express Suborno Express Sonar Bangla Express
Mass transit
Dhaka Metro Rail Stations Line 1 Line 2 Line 4 Line 5 (Line 5N Line 5S) Line 6 Dhaka Circular Railway Dhaka Subway Dhaka BRT
Structures
Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Tejgaon Airport Port of Dhaka Kamalapur Multimodal Transport Hub Mohakhali Inter District Bus Terminal Kamalapur railway station Gandaria railway station Dhaka Cantonment railway station Dhaka Airport railway station Tejgaon railway station Banani railway station Shyampur Baraitala railway station
Others
Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited Rapid Pass MRT Pass
Transport Bangladesh
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The Banalata Express is a Bangladeshi Intercity train (Train no. 791/792) which runs between Chapainawabganj and Dhaka under Bangladesh Railway.

A new passenger train with modern facilities had started serving people to connect the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka with its northern city of Rajshahi on 25 April 2019. After few days this train route extended up to Chapainawabganj. Now its running Chapainawabganj-Rajashahi to Dhaka.

The train has modern facilities like bio-toilet, recliner chair, Wi-Fi connections, LED display, and save at least one and a half hour journey time than those of the existing three express trains plying between Dhaka and Rajshahi.

The train starts from Chapainawabganj at 6:00 am and arrives Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka at 11:30 am. Then it leaves Dhaka at 1:30 pm and reaches Chapainawabganj at 7:30 pm.^[1]

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the train ‘Bonolota Express’ named after a famous Bangla poem Bonolota Sen by renowned poet Jibanananda Das.

Banalata Express is a non-stop train from Chapainawabganj to Dhaka. It stops at four stations. Those are:

• Kamalapur Railway Station
• Airport railway station, Dhaka
• Rajshahi Railway Station
• Chapainawabganj Station

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The 928-seat ultra-modern and high-speed train with 12 coaches including two air-conditioned chairs and seven non-air conditioned chairs are running on the route without any stoppage between Dhaka and Rajshahi.^[3] It has two engines, imported from India in 2013, and twelve coaches, imported from Indonesia in the late 2010s. It was taken to Rajshahi from Ishwardi junction on April 23, 2019.^[4] Bangladesh Railways procured 50 high-speed and modern coaches from Indonesia for new trains on different routes, including the Rajshahi–Dhaka route.^[5]

• Maitree Express
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