Abdulpur ( bn, আব্দুলপুর) is a railway junction in
Natore District of
Rajshahi Division in
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
.
History
From 1878, the railway route from
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
, then called Calcutta, to
Siliguri
Siliguri, ) is a major tier-II city in West Bengal. It forms twin cities, "Twin Cities" with the neighboring district capital of Jalpaiguri. The city spans areas of the Darjeeling district, Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts in the Indian sta ...
was in two laps. The first lap was a 185 km journey along the Eastern Bengal State Railway from Calcutta Station (later renamed Sealdah) to Damookdeah Ghat on the southern bank of the
Padma River, then across the river in a ferry and the second lap of the journey. A 336 km metre gauge line of the North Bengal Railway linked Saraghat on the northern bank of the Padma to Siliguri.
It was during this period that Abdulpur came up as a railway station.
The Kolkata-Siliguri main line was converted to broad gauge in stages. The Shakole-
Santahar
Santahar ( bn, সান্তাহার) is a railway junction in Adamdighi Upazila in Bogra District of Rajshahi Division in Bangladesh.
History
From 1878, the railway route from Kolkata, then called Calcutta, to Siliguri was in two laps. T ...
section was converted in 1910–1914, when
Hardinge Bridge was under construction. The Hardinge Bridge was opened in 1915.
One of the biggest railway station at Natore district.
References
Railway stations in Natore District
Railway stations opened in 1878
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