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After 43 years, the Maitree Express renewed rail transport between Bangladesh and Kolkata of India in 2008. [63] A second rail service, the Bandhan Express, connecting Kolkata and Khulna, began in 2017. [64] A third service, the Mitali Express, from Siliguri to Dhaka, started in June 2022. [65] Bangladesh is part of the Trans–Asian railway ...
Together with the Maitree Express train and the Bandhan Express train, the Mitali Express train is the third modern-day fully air conditioned passenger train link between the Indian state of West Bengal and Bangladesh. Both the prime ministers of the two neighbouring countries officially inaugurated the non-stop passenger train with ten ...
Palanquins, existing since the pre-modern era, were the popular mode of transportation in Dhaka until about 150 years ago. These box-like structures, carried by four to eight people, were frequently used for formal events like weddings and even to transport patients. Initially limited to the wealthy, palanquins gradually spread among common people.
Kamalapur was one of the proposed transport hubs. [1] In 2018, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the Kamalapur Multimodal Transport Hub construction project. Bangladesh signed an agreement with Japan on the basis of public–private partnership for the implementation of the project.
The Revised Strategic Transport Plan approved in 2016 as the successor to the 2005 transport plan, reduced the number of bus rapid transit lines down to two. [11] [12] The budget of BRT Line 3 was fixed at ৳ 2040 crore (US$170 million), which was later increased to ৳ 4268 crore (US$350 million). [13] [9]
On 18 September 2023, the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation inaugurated a bus service on the Airport–Farmgate route via the expressway. [ 7 ] On 20 March 2024, the Karwan Bazar ramp of the expressway in front of the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) has been opened for transport movement.
The Dhaka–Bhanga Expressway [1] is the first national expressway in Bangladesh. Which is mainly known as Jatir Pita Hazrat Ibrahim As. Expressway.It is operated by the Road Transport and Highways Division. The express will be connected to Asian Highway 1. [2] In 2022, it was officially named after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. [3]
The first railway line in Bangladesh was laid in 1862 by the British Raj.At that time Bangladesh didn't exist and its land was part of the Bengal Presidency.On 15 November of that year, Eastern Bengal Railway, the predecessor of Bangladesh Railway, opened the first railway line from Darshana railway station to Jagati railway station.