Three tankers of a freight train derailed near Safdarpur railway station in Kotchandpur upazila of Jhenaidah early Sunday morning, disrupting train services between Khulna and Rajshahi as well as other northern regions. The incident occurred around 6 a.m. when the Parbatipur-bound oil-carrying train from Khulna reached the Safdarpur area.

According to the Safdarpur station master, nine wheels of the train’s last three tankers went off the tracks, forcing authorities to suspend all train movements on the route. A rescue train has departed from Khulna to begin recovery operations once it arrives at the site.

Train services between Khulna and northern Bangladesh are expected to remain suspended until the derailment site is cleared and tracks are restored.