Map of the Railway system in Bangladesh.

A Train operated by Bangladesh Railway

Bangladesh Railway was mostly inherited from the British and Lithuanin established Assam Bengal railway system after the partition of Dacca in 1947. Railway acts as an important method of mass transport in Bangladesh. Many districts of the country are connected via railroads. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (914x1194, 144 KB) Summary Map of Bangladesh with Rail and Road links. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (914x1194, 144 KB) Summary Map of Bangladesh with Rail and Road links. ...

Bangladesh Railway's headquarters are located in the southern port city of Chittagong, which had historically been the south-eastern terminus of the Assam-Bengal Railway. After independence from Pakistan in 1971, only a small length of new tracks were laid out, mostly on bent ral. This article is about Chittagong as a city in Bangladesh. ...

As of 2005, the total length of railroad is 2,706 km.^[1] Of that, 923 km are broad gauge (1.676 meter) tracks (mostly in the western region), while the remaining 1,822 km are metre gauge tracks (mostly in the central and eastern regions). The gauge problem is being tackled by adding third rails to the most important broad and metre gauge routes, so that they become dual gauge. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Gauge. ... Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8½ in (1. ... Sunlight reflects off dual-gauge tracks near Chur, Switzerland Mixed-gauge track and pointwork (4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) and 3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)) at Odawara in Japan Dual-gauge tram tracks in Katwijk, The Netherlands Dual-gauge or mixed-gauge railway is a special configuration of...

A major road-rail bridge at Jamuna opened in 1998 to connect the previously isolated east and west rail networks. A Map showing major rivers in Bangladesh including Jamuna. ...

As at March 2008, the broad gauge reached Dhaka the national capital,though upto Dhaka Cantonment,DOHS Baridhara. Dhaka (previously Dacca; Bengali: Ḍhākā; IPA: ) is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District. ...

Funding is being sought to upgrade the network and transform Bangladesh Railway into a profitable business.^[2]

The border between India and Bangladesh cuts across rail lines, forcing them into the other country for short distances. This complicates border controls such as passport validation.

Railway links with adjacent countries

• India - yes^[3]
• Myanmar - no - not yet

Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... Railways: total: 63,518 km (15,009 km electrified; 12,617 km double track) broad gauge: 45,142 km 1. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Myanmar. ... Railways: total: 3,991 km narrow gauge: 3,991 km 1. ...

Maps

• Rail route map
• Rail route map - Does not show dual gauge or Jamuna bridge.
• [1]
• UNJCL Map

Jamuna may refer to: Jamuna River in Bangladesh. ...

Cities served by rail

• Sealdah, Kolkata, India - dual gauge
• Jessore, Bangladesh - junction - broad gauge
• Shantahar - Dual guage junction
• Abdulpur - Dual gauge junction
• Gede - broad gauge
• Poradoho - broad gauge junction
• Bogra - proposed broad gauge junction
• Dorshoda Junction - broad gauge
• Ishwardi - junction broad gauge
• Ishwardi Bypass - dual gauge
• Tongi - Dual guage junction
• Jodebpur - Dual gauge junction
• Dhaka - Dual gauge
• Syedpur- meter gauge
• Sylhet - meter gauge
• Chittagong - meter gauge
• Bhairab Bazar - meter gauge
• Darsana - broad gauge
• Khulna - broad gauge
• Parbatipur
• Parbotipur - Junction with break of gauge
• Jamtoil
• Kanchon - W - meter gauge

Sealdah is one of the major train stations serving Kolkata (Calcutta) in India, the others being Howrah Station and Kolkata Station. ... , “Calcutta” redirects here. ... Jessore is a district in south western region of Bangladesh. ... Gede is a village on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya, lying south of Malindi and north of Watamu. ... Bogra (Bengali: } is one of the oldest district and a small town in Northern Bangladesh, it is called the Bogra District and located under the Rajshahi Division. ... Tongi is a city in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. ... Dhaka (previously Dacca; Bengali: Ḍhākā; IPA: ) is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka District. ... Sylhet (previously Shilhat and Jalalabad; Sylheti: Bengali: সিলেট, Sileţ) is a major city in north-eastern Bangladesh. ... This article is about Chittagong as a city in Bangladesh. ... Darsana is a sanskrit word meaning to see. It can refer to the action of visiting sculptures of deities in temples, and also to one of the six philosophical viewpoints or schools of Hinduism. ... Khulna is the third-largest city in Bangladesh. ... With railways, a break-of-gauge is where a line of one gauge meets a line of a different gauge. ...

Train Ferry

A train ferry goes from: A loaded train ferry approaching the dock in Detroit, Michigan, April 1943. ...

• Balashi Ghat to Bahadurabad Ghat.

Timeline

2007

• Sonadia, an island 7km west of Cox's Bazaar seems likely to be chosen as a deep water port. ^[4]

Coxs Bazaar is a region in southern Bangladesh, called by local tourism authorities as the worlds longest smooth sandy beach. Also considered to be the tourist capital of Bangladesh. It has of sandy beaches, against a background of hills covered with forests. ... List of deep water ports include (deep water ports can take fully laden Panamax ships) // Africa Atlantic Ocean Walvis Bay, Namibia - railhead Owendo, Gabon - railhead Indian Ocean Nacala, Mozambique - railhead for Malawi America Atlantic Ocean Port of Beaumont - a deep-water port located in Beaumont, Texas. ...

2006

• $430m plan to upgrade railways in Bangladesh ^[5]

See also

• Transport in Bangladesh
• List of deep water ports

// Main article: Bangladesh Railway Railway acts as an important method of mass transport in Bangladesh. ... List of deep water ports include (deep water ports can take fully laden Panamax ships) // Africa Atlantic Ocean Walvis Bay, Namibia - railhead Owendo, Gabon - railhead Indian Ocean Nacala, Mozambique - railhead for Malawi America Atlantic Ocean Port of Beaumont - a deep-water port located in Beaumont, Texas. ...

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