The country's first railway station 'Jagati' is now abandoned!

23 April, 2024, 01:00 pm

Last modified: 23 April, 2024, 01:00 pm

The country's first railway station 'Jagati' is now abandoned!

23 April, 2024, 01:00 pm

Last modified: 23 April, 2024, 01:00 pm

The time is 19th century, British rule. A train from Ranaghat in West Bengal, on a broad gauge railway line built by the Eastern Bengal Railway Company, halted at a railway station in Kushtia, named 'Jagati'. On November 15, 1862, the first train ran in the current territory of Bangladesh.

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