Transport in Bangladesh
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[edit] Railways
Railway acts as an important method of mass transport in Bangladesh. Many districts of the country are connected via railroads. Bangladesh Railway was mostly inherited from the British-established Assam Bengal railway system after the partition of India in 1947. After independence from Pakistan in 1971, only a small length of new tracks were laid out. At present, the total length of railroad is 2,745 km. Out of that, 923 km are broad gauge (1.676 meter) tracks (mostly in the western region), while the remaining 1,822 km are meter gauge tracks (mostly in the central and eastern regions).
A major road-rail bridge at Jamuna opened in 1998 to connect the previously isolated east and west rail networks.
The gauge problem is being tackled by adding third rails to the most important broad and narrow gauge routes, so that they become dual gauge.
[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries
[edit] Maps
- Rail route map - Does not show dual gauge or Jamuna bridge.
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- UNJLC Map
[edit] Cities served by rail
- Sealdah, Kolkata, India
- Jessore, Bangladesh - junction - broad gauge
- Shantahar - junction with break of gauge
- Abdulpur - junction - broad gauge
- Gede - broad gauge
- Poradoho - broad gauge junction
- Dorshoda Junction - broad gauge
- Ishordi - junction broad gauge
- Jodebpur - 25km from Dhaka
- Syedpur
[edit] Train Ferry
A train ferry goes from:
- Balashi Ghat to Bahadurabad Ghat.
[edit] Highways
total: 201,182 km
paved: 19,112 km
unpaved: 182,070 km (1997 est.)
[edit] Waterways
5,150-8,046 km navigable waterways (includes 2,575-3,058 km main cargo routes)
Because of Bangladesh's many rivers, ferries are a major form of transportation. These ferries are notoriously dangerous. They are often overloaded, and they continue to operate during rough weather. Hundreds of people die each year in ferry accidents.
[edit] Pipelines
natural gas 1,220 km
[edit] Ports and harbors
[edit] Merchant marine
 Statistics for the Shipping Industry of Bangladesh |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Total: 36 ships (1,000 GRT or over) | |||
| Totalling: 284,489 GRT/405,845 DWT | |||
| Cargo ships | |||
| Bulk ships | 2 | ||
| Container ships | 1 | ||
| Roll-on/Roll-off ships | 2 | ||
| Refrigerated cargo ships | 1 | ||
| Tanker ships | |||
| Petroleum tanker ships | 2 | ||
| Passenger ships | |||
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| Source: This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain. | |||
[edit] Airports
16 (1999 est.)
[edit] Airports - with paved runways
total: 16
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 6 (1999 est.)
[edit] References
- This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. 2000
- Bangladeshi ferry corpses found, BBC News, Tuesday, 17 May, 2005.
