November 2023

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the much awaited 102km Chattogram’s Dohazari-Cox’s Bazar Rail Line at a cost of Taka 18034.47 crore opening a new era in railway connectivity in the country. “Today, the Cox’s Bazar is linked with the railway connectivity. This is the day of feeling proud,” she said while opening the […]

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar rail line today. Thanking everyone involved with the project, the PM inaugurated the rail line at 12:58pm. “I am so delighted today as Cox’s Bazar has come under railway network from now,” the prime minister said. “I promised it and I am happy that I could fulfil it,”

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government will take proper measures to establish rail connectivity between Cox’s Bazar and other parts of the country. “We will take measures to smoothen journey to Cox’s Bazar from entire Bangladesh (through rail connectivity),” she said while opening the rail line along with the iconic Cox’s Bazar Railway Station

The railway authorities have completed the trial run (experimental train movement) of observing the rules through irregularities on November 11. Simultaneously the inspection was also completed by the Government Directorate of Inspection of Railways (GIBR). This trial run was conducted last Sunday (November 5) with 2925 series engines and 8 coaches (8/16). GIBR Chief Ruhul

The long-awaited Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar railway line is being launched on December 1, avoiding complications like bending of the line due to natural calamities and long process of repairing the old bridge. On that morning, the passenger train from the capital Dhaka via the port city of Chittagong will reach the tourist town of Cox’s Bazar.

An inspection team led by Inspector Ruhul Quader Azad of the Directorate of Railway Inspection, along with officers and engineers from various departments of the Railways, conducted several tests on the newly constructed 102 km railway line from Dohazari station to Cox’s Bazar. After the inspection, they said, “There is no defect in the railway

The train arrived at Cox’s Bazar, the largest iconic railway station in Asia, at 6:20 PM on Sunday (November 5). At that time, the Dohazari-Cox’s Bazar railway was illuminated by the light of the train, although it was dark all around. Within a minute the train came to a screeching halt in front of the

Finally, the wait of Cox’s Bazar residents is over. Hear the train whistle at South Asia’s first iconic railway station. A train has arrived for the first time on the newly constructed railway line from Chittagong to Cox’s Bazar. The test train reached Cox’s Bazar without any problem on Sunday (November 5) at 6:25 PM.

The first train journey from Chattogram’s Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar has started, although this is not a trial run. The train was carrying a monitoring team for the first time to inspect the construction work on the railway and check for any defects. Around 8 am on Sunday (Nov 5), the train left Chattogram station

Chittagong Dohazari railway is being dual gauged at a cost of around 13,500 crores. Although somewhat discussed and criticized, the project was approved by ECNEC (Executive Committee of the National Economic Council) yesterday. Initiatives have been taken to implement this new project to decongest the Chittagong – Cox’s Bazar rail link. It has also been