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.
Overview
It is the second stoppage for trains in Dhaka, after the Kamalapur railway station. Trains to and from India and locally Khulna, Jessore, Noakhali, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Chittagong, Comilla, and many important towns and cities stop at the station. 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 demolished illegally built structures in the parking lot.[2]
References
- ^ "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
Media related to Airport railway station, Dhaka at Wikimedia Commons
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