Brahmanbaria: ‘Royal Coach’, a new bus service on Brahmanbaria-Kolkata of India route, started on Friday aiming to boost up the connectivity between the residents of the two neighbouring countries.

Brahmanbaria Sadar-3 constituency lawmaker RAM Ubaydul Muktadir Chowdhury inaugurated the bus service in the morning at Municipal Bus Terminal in the district town.

Two buses will leave the town every day for Kolkata while two others will leave the West Bengal capital for Brahmanbaria, UNB reported quoting Obayed Hossain, a representative of ‘Royal Coach’.

Every bus can carry 34 passengers and a passenger has to pay Tk

1600-1800 for travelling to Kolkata and vice versa.