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Laksam–Chandpur Line
Laksam–Chandpur line is a meter-gauge railway in Bangladesh operated by Bangladesh Railway. It extends from Laksham Junction railway station, Laksam Junction Railway Station in Comilla District to Chandpur railway station, Chandpur Railway Station in Chandpur District. It is maintained and operated by Bangladesh Eastern Railway. Inauguration The Assam Bengal Railway Company, formed in England in 1892, took charge of the construction of Rail transport, railways in the country. Under this company, 150 km railway line from Chittagong to Comilla and 69 km Metre-gauge railway, meter-gauge railway line from Laksam Upazila, Laksam to Chandpur District, Chandpur were inaugurated on 1 July 1895. List of stations From east to west: * Laksham Junction railway station * Chitoshi Road railway station * Shahrasti railway station * Meher railway station * Waruk railway station * Haziganj railway station * Balakhal railway station * Madhuroad railway station * Shahtali railway stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Railway
Bangladesh Railway () is the state-owned rail transport agency of Bangladesh. It operates and maintains all railways in the country, and is overseen by the Directorate General of Bangladesh Railway. The Bangladesh Railway is governed by the Ministry of Railways (Bangladesh), Ministry of Railways and the Bangladesh Railway Authority with a reporting mark known as "BR". The Bangladesh Railway system has a total length of . In 2009, it had 34,168 employees working for the operations. In the year 2014, Bangladesh Railway recorded a ridership of 65 million passengers for a total of 8,135 million passenger-kilometres, and transported 2.52 million tonnes of freight racking up to 677 million tonne-kilometres. History Rail transport in Bangladesh (formerly known as British India) began on 15 November 1862, when 53.11 km of (5 ft 6 in gauge railway, broad gauge) line was opened between Darshana railway station, Darshana in Chuadanga District and Jogotee in Kushtia District. On 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
