Nimtala railway station

Nimtala Railway Station নিমতলা রেলওয়ে স্টেশন
General information
Location	Sirajdikhan Upazila, Munshiganj District Bangladesh
Coordinates	23°36′38″N 90°02′18″E / 23.6106719°N 90.0382916°E / 23.6106719; 90.0382916
Owned by	Bangladesh Railway
Line(s)	Dhaka–Jessore line
Tracks	Dual Gauge
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Other information
Status	Opened
Station code	NMTL
Zone(s)	East Zone
Division(s)	Dhaka
History
Opened	10 October 2023 (2023-10-10)
Services
Preceding station Bangladesh Railway Following station Keraniganj towards Kamalapur Dhaka–Jessore Sreenagar towards Rupdia or Singia Junction
Route map
Location

Nimtala Railway Station is a railway station under on Dhaka–Jessore line^[1] located in Sirajdikhan Upazila, Bangladesh. It is one of three railway stations in the Munshiganj District constructed under Padma Bridge Rail Link project.

Ministry of Railways is constructing 172 km broad-gauge railway. The railway line starts from Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh to Jessore. Under the Railway Link Project of Padma Bridge, 14 railway stations will be built and 6 railway station will be repaired. 310 rail bridges will be built for the new railway line. 66 of 310 are major and 244 are minor bridges.^[2] It was decided to construct this station next to the Dhaka–Bhanga Expressway as a station on the Dhaka–Jessore line, 27 km away from the Kamalapur railway station. Besides this, 100 acres of land was acquired for the purpose of constructing an inland container depot next to the station. With a length of 1,400 meters, this railway station is the second largest railway station on the railway line. The station was scheduled to be open in December 2023.^[3] However, the railway minister announced in September 2023 that the station would be operational after the inauguration of the Dhaka–Bhanga section of the railway line.^[4] According to the information given in 2024, the entire construction of the station would be completed by the first month of this year.^[5]