Tongi–Manikganj–Paturia Ghat line

Tongi–Manikganj–Paturia Ghat line
Overview
Status	Proposed
Owner	Bangladesh Railway
Locale	Bangladesh
Termini	Tongi Junction railway station Paturia Ghat railway station
Service
Type	Railway line
Operator(s)	East Zone
Technical
Line length	80 km
Track gauge	Dual gauge
Route map Tongi–Manikganj–Paturia Ghat line Tongi–Bhairab– Akhaura line Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line Tongi Junction Dhaka–Jessore line Auchpara Nimtala Sataish Dhaleshwari River Turag River Hemayetpur Ashulia Karnatali River Nabinagar Junction Savar Jahangirnagar University Dhaleshwari River Dhamrai Kalampur Kandapara Manikganj Kaliganga River Monno City Mahadevpur Bazar Shakrail Paturia Ghat Source: Google

Tongi–Manikganj–Paturia Ghat line is a proposed railway line between Tongi and Paturia Ghat, Manikganj District.

History

The residents of Manikganj district have been appealing to the government for establishing rail link between Manikganj district and Dhaka for quite some time. In 2019, Bangladesh Railway decided to check the feasibility of this railway project and held several meetings for this purpose. In 2021, the Bangladesh government included this railway line in the priority project. In April 2022, the proposed project was recommended to the Planning Commission to approve the feasibility study. According to the proposal of the Ministry of Railways, the railway line will start from Tongi and enter Manikganj District and pass through Manikganj to Paturia Ghat. Besides, a branch line of this railway line will go up to Keraniganj railway station via Nimtoli of Keraniganj Upazila.