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 | |||||||||||
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 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 / 23.85222°N 90.40833°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Bangladesh Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  DAC Dhaka BRTMRT Line 1 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
| Station code | DABB | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | East Zone | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Dhaka | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1981 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||
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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
