Benapole railway station
Benapole বেনাপোল | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Benapole, Jessore District Khulna Division  Bangladesh | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 11 m (36 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owner | Bangladesh Railway | ||||||||||
| Operator | West Zone | ||||||||||
| Line | Darshana–Jessore–Khulna line | ||||||||||
| Distance | 10 km from Nabharan 35 km from Jashore Junction 8 km from Bangaon Junction, West Bengal, India | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Operating | ||||||||||
| Station code | BEN | ||||||||||
| Classification | Domestic/ International | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1884 | ||||||||||
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Benapole Railway Station (Bengali: বেনাপোল রেলওয়ে স্টেশন) is a railway station in Bangladesh situated in Benapole of Jessore District, close to the Bangladesh–India border.[1] It is used to import goods from India.[2][3] It is part of the Petrapole-Benapole line connecting Benapole to Petrapole in India.[4] It is currently connected to almost all over the Bangladesh Railway because of the Padma Bridge.
Train services
| Train
no. |
Train
name |
Route |
|---|---|---|
| 53 | Betna Express-1 | Khulna–Benapole |
| 54 | Betna Express-4 | Benapole–Khulna |
| 95 | Betna Express-3[5] | Khulna–Benapole |
| 96 | Betna Express-2[5] | Benapole–Khulna |
| 795 | Benapole Express[6] | Benapole–Dhaka |
| 796 | Dhaka–Benapole | |
| 827 | Ruposhi Bangla Express | Benapole–Dhaka |
| 828 | Dhaka–Benapole |
References
- ↑ "Benepole Railway Station Map/Atlas BR/Bangladesh Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ↑ "With tractors from Madurai, goods train chugs to Bangladesh". The Hindu. 2020-12-31. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ↑ "First container train from India reaches Bangladesh". newsonair.com. Archived from the original on 2020-07-29. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ↑ Singh, Ankita (2020-12-19). "India, Bangladesh Reopens 55-Year-Old Haldibari-Chilahati Rail Route". thelogicalindian.com. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- 1 2 "Jessore-Benapole train service begins today". Prothom Alo. 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ↑ "Benapole Express to operate 6 days a week". Dhaka Tribune. 2019-07-12. Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
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