The service started running twice a week, with a travel time of 13 hours, including two stops at the Gede and Darshana border stations for immigration and customs formalities. Now, the train operates with air conditioned coaches six times a week from both sides, with a travel time of 11-12 hours for about 450 kms of tracks.
Поезд Калькутта—Кхулна (экспресс Майтри) был перезапущен через 52 года после Второй Индо-Пакистанской войны 1965 года.