Mymensingh Junction railway station

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Mymensingh Junction Railway Station

ময়মনসিংহ জংশন রেলওয়ে স্টেশন
Passenger train station
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General information
Location Mymensingh
Bangladesh
Coordinates 24°45′12″N90°24′37″E / 24.7534°N 90.4104°E / 24.7534; 90.4104
Owned by Bangladesh Railway
Line(s) Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line
Mymensingh–Gouripur–Bhairab line
Platforms3
Tracks Meter Gauge
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeMYN
Zone(s) East Zone
Division(s) Dhaka
History
Opened15 February 1886 (1886-02-15)
Previous names Assam Bengal Railway (1886–1947)
Pakistan Eastern Railway (1947–1971)
Services
Preceding station Bangladesh Railway Following station
Agriculture University
towards Narayanganj
Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat Mymensingh Road
towards Bahadurabad Ghat
Terminus Mymensingh–Gouripur–Bhairab Shambhuganj
towards Bhairab Bazar Junction
Route map
Mymensingh Junction railway station
Location
Mymensingh Junction railway station

Mymensingh Junction Railway Station is a railway junction located in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. [1] [2] [3]

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History

The demand for jute was increasing all over the world. For the purpose of meeting that growing demand, there was a need for better communication system than the existing communication system to supply jute from Eastern Bengal to Port of Kolkata. Therefore in 1885 a 144 km wide meter gauge railway line named Dhaka State Railway was constructed to bring raw jute to Kolkata mainly by river which connects Mymensingh with Narayanganj. [4] The railway junction in Mymensingh opened on 15 February 1886. [5] In 2021, the Minister of Railways announced the modernization of the railway junction at a cost of ৳200 crore. [6]

Criticisms

Mymensingh Junction railway station is known to be unsanitary and a hotbed of pickpockets. [7] The station is also allegedly occupied by ticket black marketers. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Dhaka-Mymensingh train operation resumes after 11.5-hour stoppage due to derailing". bdnews24.com .
  2. ↑ "Rail link on Dhaka-Mymensingh route restored". The Daily Observer .
  3. ↑ "Trian derailment: Movement starts after 2.5hrs in Mymensingh". Dhaka Tribune .
  4. ↑ Quazi Abul Fida (2012). "Railway". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN   984-32-0576-6. OCLC   52727562. OL   30677644M . Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  5. ↑ Mahmud, Saiful (29 June 2019). "ময়মনসিংহে ব্রহ্মপুত্র রেল-ব্রিজসহ ৩টি ব্রিজ ঝুঁকিপূর্ণ". Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "'ময়মনসিংহকে আইকনিক রেল স্টেশন হিসেবে গড়ে তোলা হবে'". Dhakatimes24.com (in Bengali). 21 October 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "নানা সমস্যায় জর্জরিত ময়মনসিংহ রেলওয়ে জংশন". Somoy TV (in Bengali). 24 January 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "টিকেট কালোবাজারির অভিযোগ : ময়মনসিংহ রেলস্টেশনে জিম্মি যাত্রীরা". Bhorer Kagoj (in Bengali). 3 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
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