Dhaka, Nov. 30 -- Rail communication between Sylhet and the rest of the country resumed four hours after a wagon of an oil-laden freight train derailed in Mallikpur area of Fenchuganj upazila on Saturday night.

According to railway officials, a wagon of freight train No. 952 went off the tracks around 9:30 pm, snapping Sylhet's rail links with Dhaka and Chattogram, reports UNB.

A relief train from Kulaura reached the spot and managed to salvage the derailed oil wagon.

Following the rescue operation, two Dhaka- and Chattogram-bound trains departed the station around 12:30 am, Railway Police Station Sylhet Officer-in-Charge Md Abdul Quddus said.

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