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Mymensingh Junction railway station

Mymensingh Junction Railway Station is a railway junction located in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.[1][2][3]

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.[4] The railway junction in Mymensingh opened on 15 February 1886.[5] In 2021, the Minister of Railways announced the modernization of the railway junction at a cost of ৳200 crore.[6]

Criticisms

Mymensingh Junction railway station is known to be unsanitary and a hotbed of pickpockets.[7] The station is also allegedly occupied by ticket black marketers.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Dhaka-Mymensingh train operation resumes after 11.5-hour stoppage due to derailing". bdnews24.com.
  2. ^ "Rail link on Dhaka-Mymensingh route restored". The Daily Observer.
  3. ^ "Trian derailment: Movement starts after 2.5hrs in Mymensingh". Dhaka Tribune.
  4. ^ Quazi Abul Fida (2012). "Railway". In Islam, Sirajul; 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 19 July 2024.
  5. ^ Mahmud, Saiful (29 June 2019). "ময়মনসিংহে ব্রহ্মপুত্র রেল-ব্রিজসহ ৩টি ব্রিজ ঝুঁকিপূর্ণ". Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  6. ^ "'ময়মনসিংহকে আইকনিক রেল স্টেশন হিসেবে গড়ে তোলা হবে'". Dhakatimes24.com (in Bengali). 21 October 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  7. ^ "নানা সমস্যায় জর্জরিত ময়মনসিংহ রেলওয়ে জংশন". Somoy TV (in Bengali). 24 January 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  8. ^ "টিকেট কালোবাজারির অভিযোগ : ময়মনসিংহ রেলস্টেশনে জিম্মি যাত্রীরা". Bhorer Kagoj (in Bengali). 3 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

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