Shahbajpur railway station
Shahbajpur railway station is a railway station situated in Barlekha Upazila of Moulvibazar District in Bangladesh. It was opened in 1910 on Kulaura–Shahbajpur line.[2] There are two types of rail lines in Bangladesh Meter gauge and Broad gauge. This station is connected with meter-gauge link on both sides from Kulaura–Shahbajpur line and Akhaura-Kulaura-Chhatak Line by Kulaura Junction. This railway station is situated in Moulvibazar city.[3]
Shahbajpur railway station শাহবাজপুর রেলওয়ে স্টেশন | |
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| Railway station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Barlekha Upazila, Moulvibazar District Sylhet Division  Bangladesh |
| Owned by | Bangladesh Railway |
| Operated by | Bangladesh Railway |
| Line(s) | |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Train operators | Eastern Railway, Bangladesh |
| Construction | |
| Parking | Yes |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functioning |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Opened | 1910 [1] |
| Closed | 2002 [2] |
| Electrified | No |
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| Source: Bangladesh Railway Map | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History
In response to the demands of the Assam tea planters for a railway link to Chittagong port, Assam Bengal Railway started construction of a railway track on the eastern side of Bengal in 1891. A 150 kilometres (93 mi) track between Chittagong and Comilla was opened to traffic in 1895. The Comilla–Akhaura–Kulaura–Badarpur section was opened in 1896–98 and extended to Lumding by 1903.[4][5][6]
The Kulaura-Sylhet section was opened 1912–15, the Shaistaganj-Habiganj branch line in 1928, the Shaistaganj–Balla branch line in 1929 and the Sylhet–Chhatak Bazar line in 1954.[7]
A metre gauge link exists between Shahbajpur in Bangladesh and Mahisasan in India.[8]
References
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- "রেলওয়ে -বাংলাপিডিয়া". bn.banglapedia.org (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- Report on the Administration of North East India. Mittal Publications. 1984. p. 46.
- S.N.Singh; Amarendra Narain; Purnendu Kumar. "Socio Economic and Political Problems of Tea Garden Workers: A Study of Assam, Published 2006, ISBN 81-8324-098-4". p. 105. Mittal Publications, New Delhi. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
- "Brief History". Bangladesh Railway. Archived from the original on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
- "Geography – International". IRFCA. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
