Bangladesh Railway Museum

Bangladesh Railway Museum
বাংলাদেশ রেলওয়ে জাদুঘর
	Chattogram
Coordinates	22°21′15″N 91°48′05″E / 22.354288°N 91.80139303°E
Type	Public
Collections	Relics
Visitors	150+ (2012)
Founder	Bangladesh Railway
In-charge	Golam Mostafa Khondaker
Curator	Md Jamal
Owner	Bangladesh Railway

Bangladesh Railway Museum is the sole railway museum of Bangladesh Railway located in Chattogram, Bangladesh.^[2]^[1]

It was a bungalow before it was turned to a museum on 15 November 2003, which showcases a rich collection of relics used in Assam Bengal Railway (1942), Eastern Bengal Railway (1947) and Pakistan Railways (1961). The preserved artefacts mainly belong to mechanical, electrical, telecommunication, signal, traffic and engineering departments of the Bangladesh Railway. The collection also includes different kinds of lamps and lights, fans and bells, uniforms and accessories of station masters, signalling equipment, transmitters, analogue telephone, monograms, track switches and railway sleepers.^[1]

Location

The museum is located on a land of 12-acre atop a hillock opposite Bangladesh Railway Carriage and Wagon Workshop at Ambagan, Pahartali.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hossain, Shahadat (28 December 2012). "Country's sole railway museum in a shambles". Chattogram: The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ "Age-old 'State Saloon' bears witness to history". Dhaka Tribune. 14 January 2016. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.

External links

BR Official site

[shambles-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Hossain, Shahadat (28 December 2012). "Country's sole railway museum in a shambles". Chattogram: The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.

[State_Saloon-2] "Age-old 'State Saloon' bears witness to history". Dhaka Tribune. 14 January 2016. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.

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Defunct lines	Jessore–Jhenidah Light Railway Kaunia–Dharlla State Railway Khulna–Bagerhat Railway Cherra Companyganj State Railways
Passenger trains	Barisal Express East Bengal Express East Bengal Mail Maitree Express Bandhan Express Chitra Express Kalni Express Kapotaksha Express Lalmoni Express Parabat Express Shonar Bangla Express Suborno Express Tista Express Banalata Express
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Defunct transit points with India	Burimari–Changrabandha Shahbajpur–Mahisasan Gitaldaha
History	Eastern Bengal Railway Assam Bengal Railway Pakistan Eastern Railway
See also	Saidpur railway workshop Bangladesh Railway Museum Dhaka Metro Rail Dhaka Subway Trans-Asian Railway
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