DHAKA, 03 June 2022, (TON): Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan visited Indian Railway's Integral Coach Factory in Chennai and said Bangladesh would explore the possibility of importing train coaches from the facility.

The minister inspected the special coaches made by ICF, including the Linke Hofmann Busch Vistadome coaches, LHB AC tier II and III coaches among others.

Bangladesh Railways Additional Director General Sardar Shahadat Ali accompanied him during the visit, reports our New Delhi correspondent.

During his interaction with ICF General Manager AK Agarwal, Rail Minister Nurul Islam Sujan said “Bangladesh has taken up the project of converting its metre gauge tracks to broad gauge and the LHB coaches from ICF would be of great help in modernising Bangladesh Railways.”

The minister also said Bangladesh Railways would explore the possibility of importing train sets for mass commute such as Diesel Electric Multiple Unit similar to the ones exported by the ICF to Sri Lanka and Nepal recently, according to a press release by the ICF.