Codenamed the ITI-DKD-Y corridor, the container train’s route is scheduled as Dhaka-Kolkata-Delhi-Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul. Pakistan railway chief Javed Anwar is also being invited. “The demonstration run will happen very soon in 2017 and we will sort out all the issues with the countries concerned. So it was agreed to keep the demonstration train relatively light, filling it preferably with a cargo of cotton garments. Past the Dhaka border, there is the inland container depot in India which will service the rail cargo train on its way to Kolkata.

Source: Indian Express March 02, 2017 23:32 UTC