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(Full HD) Bangladesh Railway's Freight Train running towards Chittagong port

1,332 views · Published 10 February 2017 · 3:48 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: BD Rail Fan · 2017 · Autos & Vehicles

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Freight and cargo service
The railway has been facing tough competition with other modes of transport for the high rated traffic, which provide more revenue. As a national carrier, BR is obliged to carry essential commodities like food grains, fertiliser, jute, cement, coal, iron and steel, stone & boulders, petroleum products, salt, sugar etc. to the remote corners of the country at a cheap rates. Freight traffic during 2004–2005 was 3,206 thousand Metric Tons.
Bangladesh Railway transports containers from Port of Chittagong to Dhaka ICD. The special flat wagons required for container movement were initially created by converting some existing wagons. Subsequently 80 bogie container flats were procured from China and another 100 bogie container flats were procured from India. An Inland Container Depot has been opened at Dhaka with customs and port facilities for clearance of container traffic. A dedicated (exclusive) container train was introduced on 5 August 1991. Since then, volume of container traffic has grown considerably.

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