In 2026, there are many ways to track a train's live location in Bangladesh. The best option is to visit TrainKothai.com online or download the app for both Android and iOS. It shows train live locations in real-time, along with the delay and speed, and most importantly, it shows the train's delay status for the last 14 days. If you want a paid option, SMS is a way that costs around 5TK per message just to get one update for that train; if you want to know the location again after 5 minutes, you have to send another message and cost you ~5TK again. There is also the official BR Explorer app that shows live train locations, but it also costs 2TK per request and is for Android only. If you are looking for free train tracking in BD, TrainKothai is the best option you have.

Bangladesh Railway offers an SMS service — type TR <train number> and send it to 16318 to get the train’s position by text (SMS charges apply). For free, real-time tracking you can use TrainKothai.

No, but TrainKothai is here to fix that. Whether you use our website or our app, you can easily see exactly where your train is. We keep each train’s location updated in real time by crowdsourced data.

Yes, TrainKothai is 100% free online train tracking for Bangladesh. There’s no sign-up and no charges — track any train, check delays, and search routes at no cost.

TrainKothai is powered by passengers helping each other out! When you board a train, you can open the app and tap the `I'm on the train`. Our system safely checks your location to confirm you're actually on that specific train. Once we know it's completely accurate, we update the train's live location on our app and website. Don't worry your privacy is completely safe. We only use this data to pinpoint the train, helping everyone else know exactly where is the train and if there any delay!

Yes. TrainKothai works entirely in the browser — visit trainkothai.com, enter a train name or number, and watch it live. Nothing to install and no account needed. The free app — on Google Play for Android and the App Store for iPhone — adds extras like GPS sharing, offline timetables, and alerts, but the website alone shows every train’s live position.

To be honest, the name came from my own spelling mistake! I’m not very good at writing Banglish, and when we bought the domain, I genuinely thought “Kothai” was the right way to spell it instead of “Kothay.” Over time, as passengers started using and loving the service, everyone came to know us as TrainKothai. Since the name had already earned people’s trust, we decided to proudly keep it.