The Bhanga-Mawa Rail Line will start in 2020

The south and south-western districts of Bangladesh are coming under the railway network through Padma bridge railway link project. The first phase of the 172-kilometer broad gauge railway line is being constructed from Dhaka's Kamalapur to south-west district Jessore. By 2022, the entire project will be completed. However, in December 2020, the train will run on 51 kilometer rail from Mawa to Bhanga under Faridpur district.

The project costing BDT 39,246 Crore including the construction of the railway line over Padma Bridge. This is the second largest project in terms of expenditure on the construction of Ruppur Nuclear Power Plant in Ishwardi, Pabna. The government of Bangladesh is financing BDT 18,210 Crore in this project and China will finance the rest BDT 21,036 Crore According to Padma Railway Link Project of Bangladesh Railway.

The railway will start from the central Railway station at Kamalapur in Dhaka, ending with Narayanganj, Munshiganj, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Narail and Jessore. After the completion of the project, the southern districts of Barisal and Patuakhali Payra deep sea port will also be associated with phases. This section will take more time to work. If it is built, then the southern part of the country will come under the railway network for the first time in the history. In addition, Bangladesh will also be connected to Trans-Asian Railway Network gradually.

According to the Bangladesh Railway, now the main railway track project will be built 172 kilometer long. The first section of this track will be from Kamalapur to Gandaria up to Dual-Gage Double Line. The second section will be a 36-kilometer single line from Gandaria to Mawa which will be broad gauge track and there will be total four stations. The third section will be 42 KM long from Mawa to the Bhanga junction which will also be single-line broad gauge and there will be five stations in this 42 kilometer long track.In the fourth section, the railway track will be 86 kilometers long from Bhanga to Rupdia. This will also be broad gauge single line and will have ten stations.

In total, from the Kamlapur to Rupdia, total number of stations on the 172 kilometer railway track is 20. 14 of which will be made entirely new. These are - Raniganj, Nimtala, Srinagar, Mawa, Jajira, Shibchar, Bhanga, Nagarkanda, Moksudpur, Maheshpur, Lohagara, Narail, Padmabila and Jamdia. The remaining six stations will be re-modeled.

According to the project source, about 22 km of this railway track will be constructed on the Viaduct Railway like flyover. The railway line will be constructed 11 meters high from the ground. This section will have two stations. The 43 kilometer loop will also be constructed. There will be a main line, the lift will be placed here. In the Padma Rail Link project, total bridges will be constructed 66 meters long and 224 meter bridge-culvert of small and large. 30 level crossings and 40 underpasses will be constructed also in this section.

Apart from this, 100 broad gauge passenger coaches will be bought under the project. Though the project expires from 01 January to 20 June of 2024, but hopefully the full work of the railway project will be completed in December 2022. However, when the Padma Bridge will be opened in December 2020 and trains will also run by this bridge. The construction of the railway from Mawa to Bhanga of Faridpur via Padma Bridge will be completed within thin period. This is 51 km long track will be ready for regular train movement.

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