Upakul Express (Train No. 711−712) is a passenger train running from Noakhali Railway Station to Dhaka Kamalapur Railway Station. It was inaugurated on 17 January 1986. The train is currently in active service. This train connects Comilla, Brahmanbaria, Kishoreganj, Narsingdi, Gazipur and Dhaka districts along the route. It is called the second intercity metre gauge train.
Schedule +Train NoSourceDepartureDestinationEntranceWeekly holiday711Noakhali06:00Kamalapur11:20Wednesday712Kamalapur15:10Noakhali20:40Tuesday
Stopover (In some cases, the journey of a train may be changed by Bangladesh Railway. The following list is valid as of 2025.)
Dhaka Biman Bandar Narsingdi Railway Station Bhairab Bazar Junction Ashuganj Brahmanbaria Akhaura Junction Quasba Cumilla Laksam Junction Natherpetua Sonaimuri Bajra Chowmuhani Maijdee Court Noakhali
Events
On February 14, 2022, the Upakul Express train service was upgraded to a white rake service to provide better facilities for passengers. On November 18, 2024, several people threw stones at the train, damaging twenty-nine windows across five coaches and injuring a few passengers. On December 7, 2024, a young man died after being run over by the Upakul Express train on its way from Dhaka to Noakhali.
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