Bangladesh Railway
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. Its reporting mark is "BR".
Native name | বাংলাদেশ রেলওয়ে |
|---|---|
| Company type | State-owned |
| Industry | Railways and locomotives |
| Predecessor | Pakistan Eastern Railway |
| Founded | 15 November 1862 |
| Headquarters | , Bangladesh |
Area served | Bangladesh |
Key people | Sardar Shahadat Ali (Director General of Bangladesh Railway) |
| Revenue | ৳ 8,002 million (2014) |
Net income | ৳ - 8,015 million (2014) |
| Owner | Government of Bangladesh |
Number of employees | 27,535 (2015) |
| Divisions | East Zone, West Zone |
| Website | www |
| Bangladesh Rail | |
|---|---|
| Operation | |
| National railway | Ministry of Railways |
| Major operators | Bangladesh Railway |
| Statistics | |
| Ridership | 65 million (2014) |
| Passenger km | 8,135 million |
| Freight | 2.52 million tonnes |
| 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 | 3,650 546 (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 |
The Bangladesh Railway system has a total length of 3,600 kilometres (2,200 mi). In 2009, it had 34,168 employees. In the year 2014, Bangladesh Railway recorded a ridership of 65 million passengers on a total of 8,135 million passenger-kilometres, and transported 2.52 million tonnes of freight racking up 677 million tonne-kilometres.
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