"I would do it again... life is precious. No one should commit suicide even in the face of unbearable pain," said Mazumder.
Bangladesh's Railway Minister Mujibul Haque called Mazumder a "hero" at a ceremony in Dhaka and rewarded him with 100,000 taka (RM5,618) in cash for his gallantry.
"He has set an example for mankind and made us truly proud," the minister said, assuring Mazumder that his son would be given a job at the railway department.
Railway accidents are common in Bangladesh where some 40 per cent of around 2,500 rail crossings are unmanned and exposed to fatal accidents.
In the last six years 152 people were killed in railway accidents. In addition, scores of people, mostly drug addicts, chose railway tracks to take their own lives. - AFP