Finally, the wait is going to end for the people of the south, another door of possibilities is going to be opened in the country's tourism industry. The Benapole-Khulna-Mongla rail line has been completed at a cost of Tk 4,225 crore, although the cost of the project was initially fixed at Tk 1,721 crore.
After a long wait of 13 and a half years, a commuter train will start operation on Benapole-Mongla route from Saturday (June 1). The train going to inaugurate the new route has been named 'Khulna Betna Express'.
The train will run on the route every day except Tuesday.
Construction Project Director and Additional Chief Engineer, Ariful Islam said Khulna-Mongla Port Railway with the aim and objective of establishing the existing network of the country's railway with Mongla, the second largest seaport of Bangladesh, establishing rail communication between Mongla Port and neighboring countries, attracting tourists to enjoy the natural beauty of the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, facilitating comfortable travel by rail up to Mongla Port, expanding the railway network and increasing the revenue of Bangladesh Railway The project has been implemented.
He said that regular train movement on the Mongla-Benapole route will start from June 1 with the old trains, but new trains will be added to this route after the Eid ul-Adha and the number of trains will also increase.
