Khulna–Mongla Port line is a under-construction

broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

railway to connect the country with

Mongla Port The Port of Mongla is a link sea port, located at Mongla Upazila, Khulna Division, Bangladesh.It is a sea port of Khulna city which is located near to the north. It is the second largest and second busiest seaport of Bangladesh. Mongla port lie ...

. The Rupsha Rail Bridge is located on this route.

History

In 2010, the government planned to build a railway from

Khulna Khulna ( bn, খুলনা, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of Khulna District and Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 b ...

. A budget of was fixed for the construction of this railway, a joint financing of India and Bangladesh. But in 2015 it increased to . The deadline for the construction project was 2018. Due to the change in the route of the railway, the construction of a bridge over the Rupsa River became final and the length of the proposed railway increased from 53 km to 65 km. Two Indian contractors were appointed for the construction in 2015, but construction began the following year. As of November 2017, 27.5% of railway construction work was completed. The following year saw another 7.95% progress in construction. However, due to various complications, the railway could not be completed within three and a half years, due to which the deadline was proposed back to 2020. In 2019, Md. Nurul Islam Sujon, the railway minister of the country, announced that the railway line would be commissioned in 2022. On 25 June 2022, the construction work of the Rupsha Rail Bridge was completed. But in the same year, Bangladesh Railway sent a letter to the Ministry of Railways requesting to extend the duration of the project by two more years. In 2023, the construction budget was proposed to increase by another . As of March 2023, the construction of the railway line was 96% complete. According to the project officials, the construction of the railway can be completed in July of the same year. This line was opened in 1 November 2023.

Stations

* Phultala Junction railway station * Aranghata railway station * Mohammadnagar railway station * Katakhali railway station * Chulkati railway station * Bhaga railway station * Digraj railway station *

Mongla railway station Mongla may refer to: * Mong La town in Shan State, Burma *Mong La Township Mong La Township ( shn, ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းလႃး, my, မိုင်းလားမြို့နယ်) is a subdivision of Kengtung District ...

References

Khulna Division 5 ft 6 in gauge railways in Bangladesh Proposed railway lines in Bangladesh {{DEFAULTSORT:Khulna-Mongla Port line