Silkcity Express

Overview
Service type	Intercity train
Status	Operating
Locale	Bangladesh
First service	26 January 2002; 23 years ago (2002-01-26)
Current operator(s)	Western Railway
Route
Termini	Rajshahi Railway Station Kamalapur Railway Station, Dhaka
Stops	12
Distance travelled	260 Kilometer
Average journey time	5 hrs 50 min
Service frequency	Weekly 6 days (Sunday weekly off)
Train number(s)	753/754
Line(s) used	Abdulpur-Old Malda Line Chilahati-Parvatipur-Santahar-Darshana Line Iswardi-Jamtail Line Jamtail-Joydevpur Line Narayanganj-Bahadurabad Ghat Line
On-board services
Class(es)	AC Chair, AC Sleeper and Non AC Chair
Seating arrangements	Yes
Sleeping arrangements	No
Auto-rack arrangements	Yes
Catering facilities	Yes
Observation facilities	Yes
Entertainment facilities	Yes
Baggage facilities	Yes
Other facilities	Yes
Technical
Rolling stock	One Bangladesh Railway 6600 class locomotive 4 AC coaches 7 non-AC coaches Guard brake, power car and luggage coaches 2 Total load of the vehicle 13/26
Track gauge	Broadgauge
Electrification	No
Operating speed	100 km/hr
Track owner(s)	Bangladesh Railway
Rake maintenance	Rajshahi
Rake sharing	Banalata Express, Dhoomketu Express এবং Padma Express

Silkcity Express (Train No. 753/754) is one of the intercity trains operated by Bangladesh Railways. The train travels between Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and Rajshahi, the oldest city of Bangladesh and the cleanest metropolis in the western region. It is a luxurious and modern intercity train. The train was launched on 14 August 2003. Silkcity Express used to run with modern luxury LHB coaches imported from India, but now the train has started running with new Chinese coaches.

Silkcity Express became the first train to cross the Jamuna Railway Bridge on 12 February 2025.^[1]

According to the 52nd schedule of Bangladesh Railway Silkcity Express train schedule:^[2]

(Sometimes, the stops of a train may be changed by Bangladesh Railway. But the following list is updated on 2025.)^[2]

• Kamalapur Railway Station
• Dhaka Airport Railway Station
• Joydevpur Junction
• Mirzapur
• Tangail
• Bangabandhu Bridge East Junction
• Shaheed M Mansur Ali
• Jamtail Junction
• Ullapara
• Baral Bridge
• Chatmohar
• Iswardi Bypass
• Abdulpur Junction
• Rajshahi Railway Station

• Maitree Express
• Samjhauta Express
• Lalmoni Express