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Railway station in Narayanganj, Bangladesh
Chashara Railway Station

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General information
LocationNarayanganj
Bangladesh
Coordinates23°37′28â€ŗN 90°29′54â€ŗE / 23.6243626°N 90.4982872°E / 23.6243626; 90.4982872
Owned byBangladesh Railway
Line(s)Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line
TracksMeter Gauge
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground station)
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeCAH
Zone(s) East Zone
Division(s) Dhaka
History
Opened1885
Previous namesAssam Bengal Railway (1885–1947)
Pakistan Eastern Railway (1947–1971)
Services
Preceding station Bangladesh Railway Following station
Narayanganj
Terminus
Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat Fatulla
Route map
Location

Chashara Railway Station is: a railway station located in Narayanganj, Narayanganj District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

Historyâ€ģ

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. Chashara railway station was built as part of the project during the construction of Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line. Earlier there was a railway line from this station to Adamjee Export Processing Zone, which is now used as a road.

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