Pagla Halt railway station

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Pagla Halt Railway Station

পাগলা রেলওয়ে স্টেশন
General information
Location Narayanganj District
Bangladesh
Coordinates 23°39′57″N90°27′36″E / 23.6656948°N 90.460082°E / 23.6656948; 90.460082
Owned by Bangladesh Railway
Line(s) Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line
Tracks Meter Gauge
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codePAGLA
Zone(s) East Zone
Division(s) Dhaka
History
Opened1885
Previous names Assam Bengal Railway (1885–1947)
Pakistan Eastern Railway (1947–1971)
Services
Preceding station Bangladesh Railway Following station
Fatulla
towards Narayanganj
Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat Shyampur Baraitala
Route map
Pagla Halt railway station
Location
Pagla Halt railway station

Pagla Halt Railway Station is a railway station located in Fatulla Union, Narayanganj Sadar Upazila, Narayanganj District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. [1] [2]

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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. Pagla railway station was built as part of the project during the construction of Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line. [3]

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References

  1. "পাগলা রেলস্টেশনে ট্রেনের ইঞ্জিনের ভেতরে আটকে যাত্রীর মৃত্যু". Ajkernarayanganj.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  2. "৩ ঘণ্টা বন্ধ থাকার পর ঢাকা-নারায়ণগঞ্জ ট্রেন চলাচল স্বাভাবিক". The Daily Star (in Bengali). 15 August 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  3. 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 17 October 2023.