Bangladesh Railway, covering a length of 2791 route kilometers managed by 26349 regular staff, is Government-owned and government managed transpiration agency of the country.
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Description
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15 November, 1862
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Construction of 53.11 Km. of
Broad gauge line between Darsana and Jagati of Kustia district by Eastern
Bengal Railway.
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01 January, 1871
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Extension of Darsana – Jagati railway
line up to Goalanda by Eastern Bengal Railway.
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1874 – 1879
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Construction of Meter Gauge
railway line from Sara (near Paksey) to Chilahati, Parbatipur to Dinajpur and
Parbatipur to Kaunia and construction of Broad Guage railway line from
Damukdia (Opposite to Sara) to Poradaha.
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1882 – 1884
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Bengal Cengral Railway Company
constructed Benapole to Khulna Broad Gauge railway line.
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01 July, 1884
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Government took over the
Management of Eastern Bengal Railway.
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04 January, 1885
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Railway Meter Gauge connection
between Dhaka and Narayangonj, a distance of 14.98 km. by Dhaka State
Railway, which was later on merged with Eastern Bengal State Railway.
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1885
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Construction of Dhaka –
Mymensingh railway section by Dhaka state Railway.
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01 April, 1887
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Eastern Bengal Railway was
merged with Northern Bengal State Railway.
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1891
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Construction of the Assam –
Bengal Railway taken up with British Government assistance but was later on
taken over by Assam – Bengal Railway Company.
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01 July, 1895
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Opening of 149.89 km. Metre
Gauge lines between Chittagong and Comilla and 50.89 km. Meter Gauge lines
between Laksam and Chandpur by Assam Bengal Railway.
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03 November, 1895
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Chittagong to Chittagong port
line was constructed.
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1896
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Construction of Meter Gauge
line from Comilla to Akhaura and Akhaura to Karimgonj.
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1897
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Single line section between
Darsana and Poradaha converted into double line section.
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1898 – 1899
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Meter Gauge railway line
constructed between Santahar Jn. to Fulchhari by Brahmaputra – Sultanpur Railway
Company.
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1903
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Laksam – Noakhali section
constructed by Noakhali (Bengal) Railway Company.
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01 April, 1904
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Bengal Central Railway Company
and Brahmaputra – Sultanpur Railway Company taken over by Govt. managed
Eastern Bengal Railway.
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1905
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Opening of Kaunia – Bonarpara Meter
Gauge section. Government purchased the Noakhali (Bengal) Railway company.
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01 January, 1996
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Noakhali (Bengal) Railway
Company merged with Assam Bengal Railway.
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1909
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Poradaha – Bhairamara single
line converted into double line.
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1910 – 1914
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Akhaura – Tongi section opened,
Conversion of Shakole to Santahar Meter Gauge section into Broad Gauge.
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1912 – 1915
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Kulaura – Sylhet section
opened.
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01 January, 1915
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Hardinge Railway Bridge was
opened over the river Padma at Paksey.
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1915 – 1916
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Sara – Sirajgonj line
constructed by Sara – Sirajgonj Railway Company.
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1916
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Bhariamara – Raita Broad Gauge
section opened.
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1912 – 1918
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Gouripur – Mymensingh –
Netrokona and Shamgonj – Jharia – Janjail section constructed by Mymensingh –
Bhairab Bazar Railway Company.
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1915 – 1932
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Bhairamara – Ishurdi – Abdulpur
single line section converted into double line.
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10 June, 1918
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Rupsha – Bagerhat Narrow Gauge
section constructed by a Branch line Company.
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July, 1924
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Conversion of Santahar –
Parbatipur Meter Gauge section into Broad Gauge.
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September, 1926
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Conversion of Parbatipur –
Chilahati Meter Gauge section into Broad Gauge.
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1928
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Opening of Shaistagonj –
Hobigonj Section.
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1928 – 1929
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Tista – Kurigram Narrow Gauge
section converted into Broad Gauge.
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1929
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Shaistagonj – Bella and
Chittagong – Hathazari sections opened.
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1930
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Hathajari – Nazirhat Meter
Gauge and Abdulpur – Amnura Broad Gauge sections opened.
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1931
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Sholashahar – Dohazari Section
opened.
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06 December, 1937
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Opening of King VI George
Bridge connecting Bhairab Bazar and Ashugonj over the river Meghna.
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1941
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Jamalpur – Bahadurabad Meter
Gauge section opened.
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01 January, 1942
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Assam – Bengal Railway taken
over by Government and amalgamated with the Eastern Bengal Railway under the
name “Bengal and Assam Railway”.
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01 October, 1944
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Government took over Sara –
Sirajgonj Railway company.
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1947
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Bengal and Assam Railway was
spilt up and the portion within the boundary of erstwhile East Pakistan was
named as “Eastern Bengal Railway” the control remaining with Central
Government of Pakistan.
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1948 – 1949
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Government takes over
Mymensingh – Bhairab Bazar Railway company.
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21 April, 1951
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Jessore – Darsana Railway line
opened to traffic.
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01 October, 1954
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Sylhet to Chatak Bazar railway
line opened to traffic.
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01 February, 1961
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Eastern Bengal Railway renamed
as Pakistan Eastern Railway.
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1962
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A Railway Board was formed and
management of Railway was placed under the Provincial Government.
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1972
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Pakistan Eastern Railway was
renamed as Bangladesh Railway after emergence of Bangladesh sovereign state
continued to function under a Railway Board.
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03 June, 1982
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The Railway Board was abolished
and its function was placed under the control of Railway Division of Ministry
of Communication with Secretary of the Division being Director General. For
administrative convenience and operational reasons, Bangladesh Railway was
bifurcated into two zones, East and West zone, headed by two General Manager.
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12 August, 1995
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Bangladesh Railway Authority
(BRA) was formed comprising 9 members with Honorable Minister for Ministry of
Communications as Chairman, for giving policy guidance of Bangladesh Railway.
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23 June, 1998
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East – West Railway
connectivity over the mighty river Jamuna was established from the day one,
the day of formal opening of Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge, after completion
construction of Broad Gauge track from Jamtoil to Ibrahimabad.
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14 August, 2003
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Direct BG Train Communication
between Dhaka (JOYdebpur) and Rajshahi over Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge was
established by introducing first Intercity passenger Train after completion
of construction of new Dual Gauge (DG) track from Ibrahimabad to Joydebpur.
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07 March, 2004
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Direct MG train communication
between Dhaka and Lalmonirhat was established.
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09 November, 2007
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Bangladesh has signed the
intergovernmental agreement on the Trans Asian Railways (TAR) network as 20th
signatory.
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14 April, 2008
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Direct Communication between
Dhaka & Kolkata was established by introducing “Maitree Express” Train.
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04 March, 2010
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Introduction of ticket selling
through mobile phone.
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04 December, 2011
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Ministry of Railways formed by
the Honorable Prime Minister uinder SRO-361-Rules of Business 1996 Rule-3.
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