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Bhanga railway station

Bhanga railway station

Railway station in Faridpur, Bangladesh

Bhanga railway station is a railway station located in Bhanga Upazila, Faridpur District, Dhaka division, Bangladesh.

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History

Railway line

Rajbari to Faridpur line was built in 1899. Nine railway stations situated in the railway line were closed on 16 September 1990. The railway line from Pachuria to Faridpur was closed by government on 26 March 1996. But that was not the first time the line was closed. It was stopped before 6 years of the second direction of closure. In 2013, Sheikh Hasina, prime minister of Bangladesh, ordered the reconstruction of the railway line.[1] The Faridpur–Bhanga part of the Pachuria–Bhanga line was completed in 2019.[2][3]

Station

Bhanga railway station was inaugurated and opened on 24 January 2020 by Md. Nurul Islam Sujon, railway minister of the country.[4]

References

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    "পাচুড়িয়া-ভাঙ্গা রেললাইন জুলাইয়ে চালু হবে". Bhorer Kagoj (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
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    "কাল চালু হচ্ছে ফরিদপুর-ভাঙ্গা রেলপথ". Dbcnews.tv. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
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    "ভাঙ্গা হবে রেল যোগাযোগের রোল মডেল: রেলমন্ত্রী". Manab Zamin (in Bengali). Retrieved 25 February 2020.
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    "ফরিদপুরের ভাঙ্গায় রেলওয়ে স্টেশন উদ্বোধন". Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 24 January 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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