Bangladesh Railway

Bangladesh Railway
Native name
বাংলাদেশ রেলওয়ে
Company typeState-owned
IndustryRailways and locomotives
PredecessorPakistan Eastern Railway
Founded15 November 1862 (1862-11-15)
Headquarters,
Area served
Bangladesh
Key people
Sardar Shahadat Ali
(Director General of Bangladesh Railway)[1]
Revenue 8,002 million[2] (2014)
Decrease - 8,015 million[2] (2014)
OwnerGovernment of Bangladesh
Number of employees
27,535[3] (2015)
DivisionsEast Zone, West Zone
Websitewww.railway.gov.bd
Bangladesh Rail
Operation
National railwayMinistry of Railways
Major operatorsBangladesh Railway
Statistics
Ridership65 million (2014)[2]
Passenger km8,135 million[2]
Freight2.52 million tonnes[2]
System length
Total3,600 kilometres (2,200 mi)
Double track1,600 kilometres (990 mi)
Track gauge
Metre gauge2,025 kilometres (1,258 mi)
Broad gauge1,575 kilometres (979 mi)
Dual gauge1,600 kilometres (990 mi)
Features
No. bridges3,650[2]
546 (Major)
3,104 (Minor)
Longest bridgePadma Bridge (broad gauge, 6,250 metres (20,510 ft))
Rupsha Rail Bridge (broad gauge, 5,130 metres (16,830 ft)
Bangabandhu Bridge (dual gauge, 4,800 metres (15,700 ft))
Hardinge Bridge (broad gauge, 1,849 metres (6,066 ft))
Meghna Bridge (meter gauge, 1,024 metres (3,360 ft))
No. stations498

Bangladesh Railway (Bengali: 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".[4]

The Bangladesh Railway system has a total length of 3,600 kilometres (2,200 mi).[5] In 2009, it had 34,168 employees.[6] In the year 2014, Bangladesh Railway recorded a ridership of 65 million passengers on a total of 8,135 million passenger-kilometres, and transported 2.52 million tonnes of freight racking up 677 million tonne-kilometres.[2]

  1. ^ "Bangladesh Railway". Bangladesh Railway. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Railway Reform Progress Report" (PDF). Asian Development Bank. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. ^ বাংলাদেশ রেলওয়ের জনবল [Manpower of Bangladesh Railway]. Bangladesh Railway (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2 June 2016.
  4. ^ রেলপথ মন্ত্রণালয়ের সংক্ষিপ্ত ইতিহাস ও প্রধান কার্যাবলী [History of Ministry of Railways]. Ministry of Railways-Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (in Bengali). Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  5. ^ https://dhz-coxb-railway.com/about-bangladesh-railway/
  6. ^ "Bangladesh Railway in Short". Bangladesh Railway. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2009.

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