Critical link in the Southern leg of the Trans Asian Railway

[jis]

Dhaka-Chittagong-Cox's Bazar Railway Link - Bangladesh Railway is a dual gauge (Meter and Broad gauge) link being developed to connect Dhaka to Cox's Bazar and then onto the Myanmar (Burma) border, eventually to be connected across Myanmar into China to Kunming. In the west Dhaka is now connected by Broad Gauge link to Kolkata and the rest of the Indian Railway system through the Gede-Darshana border.

Further west Indian Railways is connected to Pakistan Railways at two border crossings - Atari-Wagah (between Amritsar and Lahore) and Munabao-Kokhropar (between Jodhpur and Hyderabad (Sindh) across the Thar Desert).

Then further west, Pakistan Railways is connected to Rah-e-Ahan Iran (Iran Railways) with a gauge change - Broad to Standard, at Zahedan, and thence to Turkey and Azerbaijan and on to Europe.

 

[gaspeamtrak]

Excellent Jis !

You always have interesting things to look at or watch. Always enjoy looking at your post!!!

 

[jis]

I found this additional interesting video about the construction of the new Padma Bridge in Bangladesh. This will be a 6.5 km $3 billion bridge across the Padma River south west of Naraynganj, which is south of Dhaka. It will provide a direct road and rail link between Dhaka and Jessore. It will considerably shorten the journey from Kolkata to Dhaka, and for the rail journey change the border crossing point from Gede-Darshana to Benapole-Petrapole near Bongaon in India. It will form another critical part of the southern leg of the Trans Asia Railway.

 

[Bob Dylan]

Nice find jis!

A bridge like this here would cost tens of billions, if not hundreds, and take decades to complete due to all the red tape, corruption and the NIMBYs!!!