Pakistan Eastern Railway

Pakistan Eastern Railway
Native name
پاکستان مشرقی ریلویز
পাকিস্তান পূর্ব রেলওয়ে
Company typeState-owned enterprise
Industry
PredecessorEastern Bengal Railway & Assam Bengal Railway
Founded1 February 1961 (63 years ago) (1961-02-01)
Defunct1971
SuccessorBangladesh Railway
Headquarters
Chittagong
,
East Pakistan
Area served
East Bengal (with limited service to India)
OwnerGovernment of Pakistan
ParentMinistry of Railways

The Pakistan Eastern Railway (Urdu: پاکستان مشرقی ریلویز, Bengali: পাকিস্তান পূর্ব রেলওয়ে) was one of two divisions of Pakistan Railways which operated between 1961 and 1971. The company was headquartered in Chittagong.[1] With the emergence of Bangladesh, it became Bangladesh Railway.[2]

  1. ^ "History". Bangladesh Railways. Archived from the original on 15 November 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  2. ^ Fida, Quazi Abul (2012). "Railway". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.