Poradah–Goalundo Ghat line is a

broad-gauge railway 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 ...

of Bangladesh Railway. The line is maintained and operated by

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History

On 29 September 1862, the

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inaugurated the railway line from

Calcutta Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...

Ranaghat Ranaghat is a city and a municipality in Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Ranaghat subdivision. It is compact but one of the densely populated cities of West Bengal. It is known for its handloom in ...

. This line was extended and on 15 November 1862 and a 53.11 km broad gauge (1,676 mm) railway section was opened from

Darshana In Indian religions, ''Darshana'', also spelt ''Darshan'', (Sanskrit: दर्शन, , ) or ''Darshanam'' (darśanam) is the auspicious sight of a deity or a holy person. The term also refers to six traditional schools of Hindu philosophy ...

to Jagati.

Kushtia Kushtia ( bn, কুষ্টিয়া) is a city in the Khulna Division of southwestern Bangladesh. Kushtia is the second largest municipality in Bangladesh and the eleventh largest city in the country. The second largest city in Khulna div ...

was a marginal station at that time, but in 1867, due to the erosion of the Padma, it was shifted to the banks of the

Gorai river The Gorai-Madhumati River ( bn, গড়াই-মধুমতি ''Gôŗai-Modhumoti'') is one of the longest rivers in Bangladesh and a distributary of the Ganges. In the upper reaches it is called the Gorai, and the name changes to Madhumat ...

and the original Kushtia station was abandoned in the following year. A 75 km railway line from

to the inland river port of

Goalundo Goalundo Ghat (also spelled Goalanda and Goalondo; bn, গোয়ালন্দঘাট) is a small town and pourasabha in Goalandaghat Upazila, Rajbari District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh, South Asia. There are two railway stops one a ...

on the banks of the Padma (below the confluence of the Padma and

Jamuna River The Jamuna River ( bn, যমুনা ''Jomuna'') is one of the three main rivers of Bangladesh. It is the lower stream of the Brahmaputra River, which originates in Tibet as Yarlung Tsangpo, before flowing into India and then southwest into ...

) was inaugurated on 1 January 1871.

Stations

Poradah Junction railway station Poradah Junction railway station is a railway junction located in Kushtia District, Bangladesh. History The British Raj government laid the first railway line from Calcutta to Jagati via Poradah on 15 November 1862. Later, the Poradah–Bheramara ...

Jagati railway station Jagati railway station ( bn, জগতি রেলওয়ে স্টেশন) is a railway station in Kushtia District, Kushtia, Bangladesh. It was one of the first railway station in present-day Bangladesh. History Kushtia's Jagati Railwa ...

* Kushtia Court railway station *

Kushtia railway station Kushtia ( bn, কুষ্টিয়া) is a city in the Khulna Division of southwestern Bangladesh. Kushtia is the second largest municipality in Bangladesh and the eleventh largest city in the country. The second largest city in Khulna div ...

* Choraikal railway station * Kumarkhali railway station * Khoksha railway station * Machpara railway station * Pangsha railway station * Kalukhali Junction railway station * Belgachi railway station * Surjanagar railway station * Rajbari railway station * Pachuria Junction railway station * Goalundo Bazar railway station * Goalundo Ghat railway station

References

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