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Native name | বাংলাদেশ রেলওয়ে |
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| Company type | State-owned |
| Industry | Railways and locomotives |
| Predecessor | Pakistan Eastern Railway |
| Founded | 15 November 1862 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Bangladesh |
Key people | Sardar Shahadat Ali (Director General of Bangladesh Railway)[1] |
| Revenue | ৳ 8,002 million[2] (2014) |
 ৳ - 8,015 million[2] (2014) | |
| Owner | Government of Bangladesh |
Number of employees | 27,535[3] (2015) |
| Divisions | East Zone, West Zone |
| Website | www |
| Bangladesh Rail | |
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| Operation | |
| National railway | Ministry of Railways |
| Major operators | Bangladesh Railway |
| Statistics | |
| Ridership | 65 million (2014)[2] |
| Passenger km | 8,135 million[2] |
| Freight | 2.52 million tonnes[2] |
| System length | |
| Total | 3,600 kilometres (2,200 mi) |
| Double track | 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) |
| Track gauge | |
| Metre gauge | 2,025 kilometres (1,258 mi) |
| Broad gauge | 1,575 kilometres (979 mi) |
| Dual gauge | 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) |
| Features | |
| No. bridges | 3,650[2] 546 (Major) 3,104 (Minor) |
| Longest bridge | Padma Bridge (broad gauge, 6,250 metres (20,510 ft)) Rupsha Rail Bridge (broad gauge, 5,130 metres (16,830 ft) Bangabandhu Bridge (dual gauge, 4,800 metres (15,700 ft)) Hardinge Bridge (broad gauge, 1,849 metres (6,066 ft)) Meghna Bridge (meter gauge, 1,024 metres (3,360 ft)) |
| No. stations | 498 |
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Bangladesh Railway (Bengali: 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 Railway. The Bangladesh Railway is governed by the Ministry of Railways and the Bangladesh Railway Authority with a reporting mark known as "BR".[4]
The Bangladesh Railway system has a total length of 3,600 kilometres (2,200 mi).[5] In 2009, it had 34,168 employees working for the operations.[6] In the year 2014, Bangladesh Railway recorded a ridership of 65 million passengers for a total of 8,135 million passenger-kilometres, and transported 2.52 million tonnes of freight racking up to 677 million tonne-kilometres.[2]
- ^ "Bangladesh Railway". Bangladesh Railway. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Railway Reform Progress Report" (PDF). Asian Development Bank. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ বাংলাদেশ রেলওয়ের জনবল [Manpower of Bangladesh Railway]. Bangladesh Railway (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2 June 2016.
- ^ রেলপথ মন্ত্রণালয়ের সংক্ষিপ্ত ইতিহাস ও প্রধান কার্যাবলী [History of Ministry of Railways]. Ministry of Railways-Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (in Bengali). Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "About Bangladesh Railway - Dohazari Cox's Bazar Railway Project | Bangladesh Railway". 29 January 2023.
- ^ "Bangladesh Railway in Short". Bangladesh Railway. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2009.