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Simanta Express
''Simanta Express'' (train No. 747/748) is an intercity train from Chilahati to Khulna. The train is conducted by Bangladesh Railway. The train serves from South-Western Bengal to North Bengal. Apart from the ''Simanta Express'', the '' Rupsha Express'' also runs on this route. Routes The route from Chilahati to Khulna is the longest route of Bangladesh Railway. Timing The train starts its journey from Khulna at 9:00 am and reaches the destination of Chilahati at 6:20 pm. Again it starts from Chilahati at 7:00 am and reaches at 4:30 pm to Khulna. Halts Simanta Express departs at the following stations: * Jessore railway station * Kot Chandpur station * Darshan Holt railway station * Chuadanga railway station * Alamdanga railway station * Torada railway station * Veramara railway station * Pakshi railway station * Ishwardi railway station * Natore railway station * Ahsanganj railway station * Santaher railway station * Akkelpur railway station * Joypurhat railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Railway
Bangladesh Railway ( bn, বাংলাদেশ রেলওয়ে) 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 and the Bangladesh Railway Authority. Its reporting mark is "BR". The Bangladesh Railway system has a total length of In 2009, Bangladesh Railway had 34,168 employees. In 2014, Bangladesh Railway carried 65 million passengers and 2.52 million tonnes of freight. The railway made 8,135 million passenger-kilometres and 677 million tonne-kilometres. History Rail transport in Bangladesh (the then British India) began on 15 November 1862, when 53.11 km of (broad gauge) line was opened between Darshana in Chuadanga District and Jogotee in Kushtia District. On 1 January 1871, extension of Darshana - Jogotee Railway line up to Goalanda by Eastern Bengal Railway. On 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saidpur Railway Station
Saidpur may refer to: __NOTOC__ Bangladesh * Saidpur, Bangladesh, a city in Bangladesh ** Saidpur Airport * Saidpur Cantonment, a cantonment of the Bangladesh Army * Saidpur Upazila, an Upazila of Nilphamari District India * Saidpur (Assembly constituency), a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly * Saidpur (Lok Sabha constituency), a former constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly * Saidpur, Badaun, a town in Uttar Pradesh * Saidpur, Ghazipur, a town in Uttar Pradesh * Saidpur, Kapurthala, a village in Kapurthala district, Punjab, India Pakistan * Saidpur, Islamabad, a village in Islamabad, Pakistan * Saidpur, Kotli, in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan * Saidpur, Badin, a village in Sindh * Saidpur, Tando Muhammad Khan Saidpur, aka Goth Saidpur, is a village and Deh (Pakistan), deh in Bulri Shah Karim taluka of Tando Muhammad Khan District, Sindh. As of 2017, it has a population of 1,994, in 365 households. It is the seat of a tapedar circle, which also in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parbatipur Railway Station
Parbatipur ( bn, পার্বতীপুর) is a railway junction in Dinajpur district of Rangpur Division in Bangladesh. History During the British period all railway connections to Assam and North Bengal were through the eastern part of Bengal. From 1878, the railway route from Kolkata, then called Calcutta, to Siliguri was in two laps. The first lap was a 185 km journey along the Eastern Bengal State Railway from Calcutta Station (later renamed Sealdah) to Damookdeah Ghat on the southern bank of the Padma River, then across the river in a ferry and the second lap of the journey, which was a 336 km metre gauge line of the North Bengal Railway that linked Saraghat on the northern bank of the Padma to Siliguri. The 1.8 km long Hardinge Bridge across the Padma came up in 1912. In 1926 the metre-gauge section north of the bridge was converted to broad gauge, and so the entire Calcutta - Siliguri route became broad-gauge. Parbatipur came up as a station on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phulbari Railway Station
Phulbari Upazila may refer to: In Bangladesh: * Phulbari Upazila, Dinajpur * Phulbari Upazila, Kurigram * Fulbaria Upazila, Mymensingh Elsewhere: * Phulbari, Mechi Phulbari is a village development committee in the Himalayas of Taplejung District in the Province No. 1 of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bu ..., Nepal * Phulbari, Rapti, Nepal * Phulbari, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India, location of a road border crossing into Bangladesh {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birampur Railway Station
Birampur ( bn, বিরামপুর) is an upazilla of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Birampur is an important city near India Border. This upazila is 256 km away from Capital Dhaka and nearly 56 km away from Dinajpur City. In spite of being far from Capital this north Bengal city is flourishing economically and Culturally. A branch of the Jamuna River flows through Birampur Upazila. Geography Birampur has 25770 households and total area 211.81 km2. It is an upazila of Dinajpur. Birampur Upazilla is bounded by Fulbari and Nawabganj Upazillas on the north, Nawabganj and Hakimpur Upazillas on the east, Hakimpur Upazila and Hili CD Block in Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, on the south and Kumarganj CD Block in Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India, on the west. Rivers and lakes * Jamuna *Asholar Beel *Chengar Beel *Bogghar Beel *Katuar Beel Demographics As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Birampur has a population of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joypurhat Railway Station
Joypurhat railway station is a railway station in Joypurhat, Bangladesh. It was established 1884 in the British Raj period and is situated in the central point of Joypurhat City. Joypurhat railway station is a very important station in the northern part of Bangladesh. The two biggest rail junctions, Santahar and Parbatipur, are very near to this station. Many trains serve this station daily to different parts of the country. Joypurhat is a border side district of Bangladesh and Hili land port is very close to Joypurhat, so many people who want to go to India, Nepal, or Bhutan can come to Joypurhat by railway. They can also go to Hili by railway from this station. See also * Joypurhat District * Bangladesh Railway * Santahar railway station * Kamalapur railway station Kamalapur Railway Station, officially known as Dhaka Railway Station, is the central railway station in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. It is the largest station and the busiest infrastructure for transportation in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akkelpur Railway Station
Akkelpur railway station is a railway station in Akkelpur, Joypurhat District, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. See also * Joypurhat District * Joypurhat railway station * Bangladesh Railway * Santahar railway station * Kamalapur railway station Kamalapur Railway Station, officially known as Dhaka Railway Station, is the central railway station in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. It is the largest station and the busiest infrastructure for transportation in the country that acts as a gatew ... References Railway stations in Joypurhat District {{Bangladesh-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahsanganj Railway Station
Ahsanganj railway station ( bn, আহসানগঞ্জ রেলওয়ে স্টেশন) is a railway station in Naogaon District, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. Jamindar Munshi Ahsanullah Mollah M.L.C established the station and then the station was named as the ''Atrai Ghat'' in the time of British rule but it was renamed after Munshi Ahsanullah Mollah (Founder) as Ahsanganj railway station. Then the station was built again by Mollah Abul Kalam Azad MP (Son of Munshi Ahsanullah Mollah). See also * Bangladesh Railway * Santahar railway station Santahar ( bn, সান্তাহার) is a railway junction in Adamdighi Upazila in Bogra District of Rajshahi Division in Bangladesh. History From 1878, the railway route from Kolkata, then called Calcutta, to Siliguri was in two laps. T ... * Atrai Upazila References Railway stations in Naogaon District {{Bangladesh-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natore Railway Station
Natore district is a district of Rajshahi Division located in northern Bangladesh. It borders the metropolitan city of Rajshahi, and used to be part of Rajshahi district. History Natore was the District Headquarters of Rajshahi from 1769 to 1825. Administrative Natore subdivision was established in 1825 under Rajshahi district, on the eve of the shifting of the headquarters. During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, a battle was fought between the Pakistani army and the freedom fighters of Mukti Bahini on March 29. About 40 members of the Pakistani army including Major Aslam and Captain Ishaq were killed. On 5 May 1971 Pakistani Army killed 42 employees of North Bengal Sugar Mills ( Lalpur) including the general manager of the mill, Lieutenant Anwarul Azim. They were killed near a pond in the mill campus. The pond is now known as Shaheed Sagar, and there is a memorial beside the pond. Geography Most parts of Natore district are plain land. Chalan Beel, the largest be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
