Padma railway station

Padma Railway Station is a railway station under construction on Dhaka–Jessore line[1] located in Zajira Upazila, Shariatpur District, Bangladesh.[2]

Padma Railway Station

পদ্মা রেলওয়ে স্টেশন
General information
Other namesZajira Railway Station
LocationPadma Bridge Road, Zajira Upazila, Shariatpur District
Bangladesh
Coordinates23.3978506°N 90.2194808°E / 23.3978506; 90.2194808
Owned byBangladesh Railway
Line(s)Dhaka–Jessore line
TracksDual Gauge
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
Other information
StatusConstructing
Station codePDMA
Zone(s) West Zone
Division(s) Pakshi
History
Opening2023
Services
Preceding station Bangladesh Railway Following station
Mawa
towards Kamalapur
 Dhaka–Jessore Shibchar
towards Rupdia or Singia
Route map
Location

History

Ministry of Railways is constructing 172 km broad-gauge railway. The railway line starts from Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh to Jessore. Under the Railway Link Project of Padma Bridge, 14 railway stations will be built and 6 railway station will be repaired. 310 rail bridges will be built for the new railway line. 66 of 310 are major and 244 are minor bridges. Padma is one of the stations of the railway line under construction.[3] Initially this railway station was named as Zajira railway station. But due to dispute between two neighboring districts over the name of the station, the government changed the name of this station to Padma railway station.[4] According to December 2022, the construction progress of the station was 77.70%.[2]

References
  1. "Dhaka-Faridpur railway starts soon". The Daily Observer. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  2. "জাজিরা প্রান্ত থেকে পাথরবিহীন রেললাইন নির্মাণের কাজ শুরু". Somoy TV (in Bengali). 2 December 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  3. "পদ্মা সেতুতে রেল সংযোগ প্রকল্প তত্ত্বাবধানে সেনাবাহিনী". Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). 2 January 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  4. Khan, Abdul Jabbar (12 December 2021). "জাজিরা রেলস্টেশনের নাম হবে 'পদ্মা'". Newsbangla24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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