Dhirasram railway station

Dhirasram Railway Station ধীরাশ্রম রেলওয়ে স্টেশন
General information
Location	Gazipur District Bangladesh
Coordinates	23°57′32″N 90°24′56″E / 23.9589086°N 90.4154755°E / 23.9589086; 90.4154755
Owned by	Bangladesh Railway
Line(s)	Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line
Tracks	Dual Gauge
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	DRM
Zone(s)	East Zone
Division(s)	Dhaka
History
Opened	1885
Previous names	Assam Bengal Railway (1885–1947) Pakistan Eastern Railway (1947–1971)
Services
Preceding station Bangladesh Railway Following station Tongi Junction towards Narayanganj Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat transfer at Tongi Junction Joydebpur Junction towards Bahadurabad Ghat
Route map
Location

Dhirasram Railway Station is a railway station located in the metropolis of Gazipur District of Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.^[1]

The demand for jute was increasing all over the world. For the purpose of meeting that growing demand, there was a need for better communication system than the existing communication system to supply jute from Eastern Bengal to Port of Kolkata. Therefore in 1885 a 144 km wide meter gauge railway line named Dhaka State Railway was constructed to bring raw jute to Kolkata mainly by river which connects Mymensingh with Narayanganj. Gandaria railway station was built as part of the project during the construction of Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line. At that time Dhirasram railway station was built as a station of this line.^[2] In 2003, an inland container depot was planned to be constructed at this railway station after shifting it from Kamalapur railway station. 100 acres of land was acquired in the railway station area which is located near Demra–Joydebpur Eastern Bypass for the implementation of the project. In 2007, the construction cost of the new inland container depot was fixed at ৳450 crore. In 2019, the government contracted DP World to build it under a public private partnership, after failing to find investors to implement the project.^[3]

• Dhirasram railway station at the India Rail Info