Airport railway station or Biman Bandar railway station is a railway station in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.[1] Situated opposite to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, it can be accessed from the Airport Road.
Dhaka Airport Railway Station ঢাকা বিমানবন্দর রেলওয়ে স্টেশন | |||||||||||
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B-category station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Other names | Dhaka Biman Bandar railway station | ||||||||||
Location | Airport Road, Dhaka Bangladesh | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 23°51′8″N 90°24′30″E / 23.85222°N 90.40833°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Bangladesh Railway | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
Connections | DAC Dhaka BRT MRT Line 1 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
Station code | DABB | ||||||||||
Zone(s) | East Zone | ||||||||||
Division(s) | Dhaka | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1981 | ||||||||||
Electrified | No | ||||||||||
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Overview
editIt is the second stoppage for trains in Dhaka, after the Kamalapur railway station. Trains come from India and locally Khulna, Jessore, Noakhali, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Chittagong, Comilla, and many important towns and cities. Its rail tracks are Dual gauge which provide both Meter gauge and Broad gauge. Therefore, Broad gauge trains from Rajshahi, Khulna and the Maitree Express can stop at that station easily. The station has two platforms.
In 2014 railways authorities carried out drives to demolish illegally built structures in the parking lot.[2]
References
edit- ^ "4 hurt as shed over Dhaka Airport Railway Station platform collapses". The Daily Star. 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ^ "Structures evicted along cantonment rail tracks". Dhaka Tribune. 2014-09-23. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
External links
edit- Media related to Airport railway station, Dhaka at Wikimedia Commons