Jamuna Railway Bridge

The Jamuna Railway Bridge is a dual-gauge, double-track railway bridge on Jamuna River in Bangladesh. This bridge connects Sirajganj and Tangail by railway network. This bridge is the longest solo railway bridge in Bangladesh. As of October 2020, 44 trains per day pass through the existing Jamuna Bridge. As the bridge does not allow trains to run at full speed with the speed limit set to 20km/h and being a single-track railway takes longer to cross the bridge, trains are prone to schedule disruptions. Also, heavy goods trains cannot run on the bridge due to weight restrictions. At the Jamuna Railway Bridge, the average time to reach the destination of the trains running between the capital Dhaka and the northern and western regions of the country is reduced by 2 hours. Besides, the facility of transporting goods by rail from neighboring countries is increase. Apart from this, this bridge is also useful for easy transportation of passengers and goods on internal routes. Apart from this, the bridge is an important link between SAARC, BIMSTEC, SASEC, and other regional and sub-regional railway routes and trans-Asian railway network. After the bridge is built, the railway tracks of the Jamuna Bridge is removed.