Abdulpur Junction railway station

Abdulpur (Bengali: আব্দুলপুর) is a railway junction in Natore District of Rajshahi Division in Bangladesh.

Abdulpur
Bangladesh Railway station
General information
LocationAbdulpur, Dist. Natore
Bangladesh
Coordinates24°15′40″N 88°58′19″E
Owned byBangladesh Railway
Line(s)
History
Opened1878
Location
Abdulpur is located in Bangladesh
Abdulpur
Abdulpur
Location within Bangladesh

History

From 1878, the railway route from Kolkata, then called Calcutta, to Siliguri was in two laps. The first lap was a 185 km journey along the Eastern Bengal State Railway from Calcutta Station (later renamed Sealdah) to Damookdeah Ghat on the southern bank of the Padma River, then across the river in a ferry and the second lap of the journey. A 336 km metre gauge line of the North Bengal Railway linked Saraghat on the northern bank of the Padma to Siliguri.[1] It was during this period that Abdulpur came up as a railway station.

The Kolkata-Siliguri main line was converted to broad gauge in stages. The Shakole-Santahar section was converted in 1910–1914, when Hardinge Bridge was under construction. The Hardinge Bridge was opened in 1915.[2] One of the biggest railway station at Natore district.

References
  1. "India: the complex history of the junctions at Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri". IRFCA. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  2. "Brief History". Bangladesh Railway. Archived from the original on 2011-12-20. Retrieved 2011-12-26.


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