Mymensingh Junction railway station
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Mymensingh Junction ময়মনসিংহ জংশন | ||||||||||||||||
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| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Mymensingh Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°45′12″N 90°24′37″E / 24.7534°N 90.4104°E | |||||||||||||||
| System | Passenger train station | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Bangladesh Railway | |||||||||||||||
| Lines | Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line Mymensingh–Gouripur–Bhairab line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | Meter Gauge | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | MYN | |||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | East Zone | |||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Dhaka | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 15 February 1886 | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Assam Bengal Railway (1886–1947) Pakistan Eastern Railway (1947–1971) | |||||||||||||||
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Mymensingh Junction Railway Station is a railway junction located in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.[1][2][3]
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.[4] The railway junction in Mymensingh opened on 15 February 1886.[5] In 2021, the Minister of Railways announced the modernization of the railway junction at a cost of ৳200 crore.[6]
