New Delhi: Trinamool Congress on July 5 said it was optimistic about a compromise being worked out on the move to bifurcate Eastern Railways, hoping that the decision would be reviewed and the notification kept in abeyance.

"We still believe a ministerial review committee will be formed on the matter and this would be followed by suspension of the (bifurcation) notification at the earliest," party leader Sudip Bandopadhyay said before leaving for Kolkata to attend a meeting of Trinamool's general council on July 6 evening.

Bandopadhyay held detailed discussions with Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office Vijay Goel late July 4 night and explained to him the intricacies of the bifurcation and the problems to be faced by West Bengal if the new East Central Railway zone comes into existence in October in accordance with the notification.

Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani is scheduled to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on July 6 to discuss the bifurcation issue, with the latter having written a protest letter to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on the matter.

PTI