Narayanganj railway station

Narayanganj railway station (Bengali: নারায়ণগঞ্জ রেলওয়ে স্টেশন) is a railway station in Narayanganj District, Bangladesh. The station is the main & populated station of Narayanganj city.

Narayanganj railway station

নারায়ণগঞ্জ রেলওয়ে স্টেশন
LocationNarayanganj District
 Bangladesh
Coordinates23.618702°N 90.505571°E / 23.618702; 90.505571
Line(s)Narayanganj- Kamalapur Line
Platforms02
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
Other information
StatusFunctioning
History
Opened4 January 1885

Narayanganj railway station was a famous railway station in the British and Pakistan period, also still now. This is the oldest railway station in the region. The station was most important terminal, specially for jute trading meant Adamjee Jute Mills and other communication routes abreast ferry terminal along with bus terminal. Now everyday around more than thirty thousand passengers travel to the capital from Narayanganj by train.

History

Narayanganj railway station is situated on the western bank of Shitalakshya River at the point where the Brahmaputra and Buriganga discharged into the Shitalakshya.[1]

In December 1882, the Government of Bengal began work on the Dacca State Railway, connecting Dacca with Narayanganj, its satellite river port to the south, and with Mymensingh to the north. Revenue service on the 10.25 miles (16.50 km) Dacca-Narayanganj segment began on 4 January 1885.[2][3] The 75.25 miles (121.10 km) Mymensingh-Dhaka segment opened for cargo on 1 August 1885, and thereafter opened for passengers gradually in sections through 18 February 1886. At completion, rolling stock consisted of 12 engines, 60 passenger coaches, and 345 freight wagons.[3] The line was used mainly to transport jute to the port of Narayanganj, from which it was shipped by river to Calcutta.[4]

Present condition

Everyday except Friday there are sixteen trains that depart from Narayanganj. And sixteen trains arrive from Dhaka in this station, and they run from early morning at 6.25 AM to 11.15 PM. At Friday six trains (up and down) run between Narayanganj and Dhaka from morning to evening.[5]

See also

References
  1. Eastern Bengal District Gazetteers, Dacca BY B.C ALLEN, Indian Civil Service., LOGOS PRESS, New Delhi- 110002., 2009, ISBN 9788172681944
  2. Ahmed, Sharif Uddin (1986). Dacca: A Study in Urban History and Development (1st ed.). London: Curzon Press. pp. 49, 99. ISBN 0-7007-0180-X. Work on the line began in December 1882 [p. 49] ... construction by government of a new railway line connecting Dacca with Narayanganj and Mymensingh ... the Dacca State Railway ... the Narayanganj-Dacca section was opened for passengers and goods on 4 January 1885. [p. 99]
  3. Government of Bengal. Public Works Department, Railway Branch (1886). Progress and Administration Report of Railways in Bengal for 1885-86. Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Press. p. 7.
  4. Fida, Quazi Abul (2012). "Railway". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  5. Oitijjer Dharok Narayanganj Kendrio Rail station, The Daily Jugerchinta
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