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Chittagong: Bangladesh is entering the age of the bullet train. The feasibility study of the project taken from the Chittagong to Dhaka route has been completed.
Design work is also in the final stages. By starting this high-speed train service, it will be possible to reach Dhaka from Chittagong in just 55 minutes, not 8 hours, nonstop.
The train will run at a maximum speed of 300 km / h and will carry about 50,000 passengers a day. For this, a passenger has to pay around 2,000 rupees. According to the route map, there are a total of six stations on the proposed rail line. They are: Dhaka, Narayanganj, Comilla, Feni, Pahartali and Chittagong.
If you stop at these stations for 3 minutes, it will take you another 18 minutes. In that case, you can get to Dhaka from Chittagong in 63 minutes. And if it doesn’t stop, then from Chittagong to Dhaka in 55 minutes. However, after final approval, it will be decided whether to stop or not.
According to railway sources, the feasibility study of the train has been completed, which was approved in March 2016. China Railway Design Corporation and Majumdar Enterprise of Bangladesh have jointly conducted the feasibility study. Detailed design work is currently underway. Which will cost more than one hundred million rupees. The project design will be completed in January.
Subaktagin, chief engineer for Eastern Railway, told banglanews that representatives from China Railway Design Corporation will arrive in Bangladesh in December to finalize the design. The project will then be submitted to ECNEC for approval after determining the cost. Work will start after approval.
There is a 321 km railway line from Dhaka to Chittagong. However, the high-speed railway will be approximately 94 km less than the previous railway. In this case, the high-speed rail will be located at 226 kilometers.
Currently, the distance of railways to Dhaka, Brahmanbaria, Comilla, Feni, Pahartali and Chittagong is 321 km. The Dhaka, Brahmanbaria and Comilla routes will not be used for high-speed trains, the bullet train will arrive in Chittagong directly from Dhaka to Narayanganj and then via Comilla. In this case, the train must travel less than 94 kilometers.
The project will require 7.24 hectares of land, for which Ferrocarriles will have to acquire 484.2 hectares of land for its implementation.
Project manager. Kamrul Ahsan told banglanews that design work on the project will be completed in January. The cost will be known once the design is finalized. If the bullet train is launched, the image of the Chittagong-Dhaka communication system will change. Dhaka can be reached from Chittagong in just 55 minutes nonstop and 63 minutes by stopping at the station.
ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury, chairman of the permanent parliamentary committee on railways, told banglanews that the launch of the bullet train would play a very important role not only in Dhaka’s communication with Chittagong, but also in trade. Those interested in the project are working on how to get the job done faster.
Bangladesh time: 0912 hours, December 1, 2020
JEU / TC
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