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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.

Airport railway station বিমান বন্দর রেলওয়ে স্টেশন
Bangladesh Railway Station
Airport Railway Station in 2014
General information
Location	Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Airport Road, Dhaka, Dhaka Division Bangladesh
Owned by	Bangladesh Railway
Operated by	Bangladesh Railway
Line(s)	Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Train operators	Bangladesh Railway
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
History
Opened	1981
Electrified	No

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

External links

Media related to Airport railway station, Dhaka at Wikimedia Commons

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