Dhaka Airport railway station

For the metro station in Kolkata, India also known as Biman Bandar, see Jai Hind metro station.

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.

Dhaka Airport Railway Station ঢাকা বিমানবন্দর রেলওয়ে স্টেশন
B-category station
Airport Railway Station in 2014
General information
Other names	Dhaka Biman Bandar railway station
Location	Airport Road, Dhaka Bangladesh
Coordinates	23°51′8″N 90°24′30″E
Owned by	Bangladesh Railway
Line(s)	Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Connections	DAC Dhaka BRT  MRT Line 1
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	DABB
Zone(s)	East Zone
Division(s)	Dhaka
History
Opened	1981
Electrified	No
Services
Preceding station Bangladesh Railway Following station Dhaka Cantonment towards Narayanganj Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat transfer at Tongi Junction Tongi Junction towards Bahadurabad Ghat
Route map
Location

Overview

It is the second stoppage for trains in Dhaka, after the Kamalapur railway station. Trains come from India and locally Khulna, Jessore, Noakhali, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Chittagong, Comilla, and many important towns and cities. 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 carried out drives to demolish illegally built structures in the parking lot.^[2]

References

1. "4 hurt as shed over Dhaka Airport Railway Station platform collapses". The Daily Star. 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
2. "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