Darshana railway station

This article is about the border railway station in Bangladesh. For form of Hindu worship, see Darśana. For the scholarly, philosophical schools of thought, see Hindu philosophy.

Darshana
Bangladesh Railway Station
Location	Chuadanga, Khulna Bangladesh
Coordinates	23°30′13″N 88°47′25″E / 23.5036°N 88.7904°E / 23.5036; 88.7904
Line(s)	Chilahati-Parbatipur-Santahar-Darshana Line
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Other information
Status	Functioning
History
Opened	1871
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Eastern Bengal Railway

Darshana (Bengali: দর্শনা) is a border railway station in Bangladesh, situated in Damurhuda Upazila of Chuadanga District, in Khulna Division. It is a rail transit point and a border checkpoint on the Bangladesh-India border.

Darshana to Jagotee, Kushtia rail line was first opened on 15th November 1861. It was 53.11 km long broad gauge line. It is the first rail road in East Bengal. This rail road established sugarcane supply chain between Darsana (Carew) and Jagotee Sugar mills. Later on this rail road was extended up to Goalundo Ghat. Darshana - Rana Ghat(India) -Benapole -Jessore -Khulna passenger railway communication continued until early 1960's between East Pakistan and India. Then Darshana to Jessore railway was established and the service discontinued. Darsana station came up with the Eastern Bengal Railway opening the line from Calcutta to Goalundo Ghat, in 1871.^[1]

The Maitree Express passes through this station.^[2]

Main Lines

Line	Electrification	Gauge	Number of Tracks
Towards Gede and Ranaghat Junction	Yes^[3]	5'6" 1676mm Indian Broad Gauge^[3]	2^[3]
Towards Isharwadi Junction	No^[3]	5'6" 1676mm Indian Broad Gauge^[3]	2^[3]

References

↑ R.P.Saxena. "Indian Railway History timeline". Retrieved 2011-12-10.
↑ "Dhaka-Calcutta train link resumes". BBC News (BBC). 14 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Indian Railways Living Atlas - India Rail Info". India Rail Info. Retrieved 2015-11-08.

Bangladesh Railway

Lines/ routes	Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line Tongi–Bhairab–Akhaura line Akhaura–Kulaura–Chhatak line Akhaura–Laksam–Chittagong line Chilahati–Parbatipur–Santahar–Darshana line Burimari-Lalmonirhat-Parbatipur line Santahar–Kaunia line Iswardi–Sirajganj line

Railway Bridges	Hardinge Bridge Jamuna Bridge Padma Bridge

Defunct lines	Jessore-Jhenidah Light Railway Kaunia–Dharlla State Railway Khulna–Bagerhat Railway The Cherra Companyganj State Railways

Named trains	Barisal Express East Bengal Express East Bengal Mail Maitree Express

Transit points with India	Rohanpur–Singhabad Darshana–Gede Benapole–Petrapole

Defunct transit points with India	Biral–Radhikapur Burimari–Changrabandha Chilahati–Haldibari Shahbajpur–Mahisasan Mogalhat–Gitaldaha

Former / historical railway companies	Eastern Bengal Railway Assam Bengal Railway

See also	Trans-Asian Railway Dhaka Metro Chittagong Circular Railway

India–Bangladesh land border checkpoints

Checkpoints for crossing of human beings	Petrapole–Benapole Gede–Darshana Lalgola–Godagiri Mohodipur–Sona Masjid Hili, India–Hili, Bangladesh Radhikapur–Biral Changrabandha–Burimari Dawki–Tamabil Agartala–Akhaura

Checkpoints for crossing of vehicles	Ghojadanga–Bhomra Petrapole–Benapole Mohodipur–Sona Masjid Hili, India–Hili, Bangladesh Phulbari–Banglabandha Changrabandha–Burimari Ghasuapara–Haluaghat Dawki–Tamabil Agartala–Akhaura Srimantanagar–Bibir Bazar

Rail transit points	Petrapole–Benapole Gede–Darshana Singhabad–Rohanpur

See also	Bangladesh–India relations Railways in the North-east and Eastern India or Railways in Bangladesh for defunct rail transit points

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