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- ↑ "Sheikh Hasina visit: Maitree Express to be made fully AC, new passenger service to be announced". The Indian Express . Press Trust of India. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ↑ "Prime Minister of India & Prime Minister of Bangladesh Jointly along with Chief Minister, West Bengal Flag off New Cross-Border Train between India & Bangladesh, "Kolkata–Khulna Bandhan Express" from Kolkata through Video Confencing". Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Ministry of Railways. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ↑ "Train to Khulna chugs out after 52 years". The Telegraph. Calcutta. 10 November 2017. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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