Fulbaria railway station

Fulbaria Railway Station ফুলবাড়িয়া রেলওয়ে স্টেশন
General information
Other names	Dacca Railway Station
Location	Fulbaria, Dhaka Bangladesh
Coordinates	23°43′28″N90°24′21″E / 23.7244444°N 90.4059179°E / 23.7244444; 90.4059179
Line(s)	Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line
Platforms	1
Tracks	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Other information
Status	Defunct
Station code	DA
History
Opened	1895 (1895)
Closed	1 May 1968 (1968-05-01)
Previous names	Assam Bengal Railway (1895–1947) Pakistan Eastern Railway (1947–1968)
Location

Fulbaria Railway Station is a defunct railway station in Bangladesh which was located near Bangabazar, Dhaka. It was the central railway station of Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) before Dhaka railway station became operational on 1 May 1968. Fulbaria station was closed on 1 May 1968. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

History

Fulbaria railway station in 1904

In 1885, Dacca State railway built Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line and opened its part for train service from Dacca (now Old Dhaka) to Narayanganj. In that time Fulbaria railway station was built with other facilities. ^[4] It was established on the south side of the then main city of Dacca. In the same year, railway connections from Dhaka to Narayanganj and Dhaka to Mymensingh were established. After the partition of India in 1947, Dhaka became the main city and capital of East Bengal. Then the area of Fulbaria became densely populated which became a major obstacle for train movement. As a result, it was planned to move this station. Later, in the late 1950s, the construction of the new central railway station for the province and a new railway line was started on a large scale in the Kamalapur, Shahjahanpur area of Dhaka and it was completed in 1968. ^[2]

Earlier, the railway used to go straight from Tejgaon railway station to Fulbaria. Due to the opening of Kamalapur station, the railway line was shifted from Tejgaon. From Tejgaon the line took a left to Kamalapur. As a result the earlier Fulbaria–Tejgaon line was abandoned. Later the line was removed and a road was built in the same place. On the other hand, all the structures of Fulbaria station were also removed. At present, there are bus counters of BRTC, shops, runways etc. ^[2]

Structure

Fulbaria railway station had a station house and three lines in front of it. The station belonged to the metre-gauge railway. Although the station was named Fulbaria, the nameplates at both ends of the platform were inscribed with "Dacca", as the station was officially operated as "Dacca Railway Station". The same rule was later applied to Kamalapur railway station.

Ticket selling point

In 2019, train tickets were sold from this station building on the occasion of Eid. Two years later the counter was shifted from the building after it was demolished. ^[3]

References

1. Sarkar, Shihab (4 February 2021). "Preserving the past: Passion that never dies". Thefinancialexpress.com.bd. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
2. Hasan, Shariful (23 September 2016). "ফুলবাড়িয়া স্টেশন নেই, আছে শুধুই স্মৃতি" [There is no Fulbaria station, only memories remain.]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2 November 2020.
3. Khan, Abdul Jabbar (23 April 2022). "ফুলবাড়িয়া রেল কাউন্টার সরব ৫৪ বছর পর" [Fulbaria rail counter reopens after 54 years]. Newsbangla24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 7 November 2022.
4. Aziz, Tareq (1 July 2022). "ফুলবাড়িয়া রেলস্টেশনের হুইলার, ঢাকার এক বিস্মৃত বইয়ের দোকান" [Wheeler at Fulbaria Railway Station, a forgotten bookstore in Dhaka]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 18 November 2022.

External links

• Media related to Fulbaria railway station at Wikimedia Commons