The Dhaka–Chittagong high-speed railway is a proposed
high-speed rail line connecting
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...
, the capital and largest city, with the southeast harbour city of
Chittagong. The project is estimated to cost ৳96,752 crore (US$11.4 billion).
The travel time between Dhaka and Chittagong will be 73 minutes for trains stopping at
intermediate stations, and 55 minutes for nonstop trains. The ticket cost for one-way journey will be ৳2,000 without any discount or concession, more than three times higher than a conventional seat on current inter-city trains.
History
On May 31, 2018,
Bangladesh Railway
Bangladesh Railway ( bn, 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 Ra ...
signed an agreement with the China Railway Design Corporation and Mazumder Enterprise. This contract is designed to verify the design and feasibility of proposed high-speed train lines. According to this agreement, feasibility and design work will be completed in December 2019 at a cost of Tk102.10 crore.
The
government of Bangladesh
The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার — ) is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Co ...
is bearing this cost.
It is expected to reduce travel time to between 55 and 73 minutes between Dhaka and Chittagong while current inter-city trains has to spent around six hours of travel time are needed to cover the distance by the current
metre-gauge railway
Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre.
The metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires. In Europe, la ...
s.
The new route will be , making the route shorter.
Dhaka–Chittagong high-speed railway route on OSM
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of land will be needed to be acquired.
See also
* Dhaka-Chittagong Elevated Expressway
* List of megaprojects in Bangladesh
References
External links
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Railway lines in Bangladesh
Proposed railway lines in Asia