Shyampur Baraitala Railway Station is a railway station located in
Shyampur Thana
Shyampur ( bn, শ্যামপুর) is a Thana of Dhaka Metropolitan Police in Bangladesh.
Geography
Shyampur is located at . Its total area is 2.31 km2.
Demographics
This Shyampur has a population of 60152. Males constitute 49.78% of t ...
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Dhaka District
Dhaka District ( bn, ঢাকা জেলা, Dhaka jela) is a district in central Bangladesh, and is the densest district in the nation. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and rests on the eastern banks o ...
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Bangladesh. It was established in 2017.
History
The demand for jute was increasing all over the world. For the purpose of meeting that growing demand, there was a need for better communication system than the existing communication system to supply jute from Eastern Bengal to
Port of Kolkata. Therefore in 1885 a 144 km wide meter gauge railway line named Dhaka State Railway was constructed to bring raw jute to Kolkata mainly by river which connects
Mymensingh with
Narayanganj
Narayanganj ( bn, নারায়ণগঞ্জ ''Naraeongônj'') is a city in central Bangladesh. It is in the Narayanganj District, about southeast of the capital city of Dhaka, and has a population of about 2 million. It is the 6th larges ...
. Shyampur Baraitala railway station was built as part of the project during the construction of
Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line.
Trains
Shyampur Baraitla railway station serves trains of
Narayanganj Commuter and
Narayanganj Local.
References
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Railway stations in Dhaka District
Railway stations opened in 2017
2017 establishments in Bangladesh