West Zone (Bangladesh Railway)

West Zone is a railway zone operated by Bangladesh Railway. 2,800 km of railway lines in Bangladesh are operated through four divisions in two Zones, West Zone being one of the two Zone.^[1] This Zone consists of Rangpur Division, Rajshahi Division, Khulna Division and (Tangail District & Faridpur District) of Dhaka Division of Bangladesh. The head office of West Zone is located in Rajshahi.^[2][3][4]

West Zone

Rajshahi Railway Station
Overview
Headquarters	RRB Building, Rajshahi
Locale	Rangpur Division, Rajshahi Division, Khulna Division and (Tangail District & Faridpur District) of Dhaka Division
Dates of operation	3 June 1982; 43 years ago (1982-06-03)–
Technical
Track gauge	Broad-gauge(BG) , Meter-gauge (MG) and Dual gauge(DG)
Length	1,427 kilometres (887 mi)
Other
Website	www.railway.gov.bd

Operational Divisions

There are two divisions under west zone.^[5] They are

• Paksey railway division
• Lalmonirhat railway division

Line under West Zone

Operational

• Chilahati–Parbatipur–Santahar–Darshana line
• Darshana–Jessore–Khulna line
• Jamtoil–Joydebpur line
• Khulna–Mongla Port line
• Santahar–Kaunia line
• Burimari–Lalmonirhat–Parbatipur line
• Ishwardi–Sirajganj line
• Old Malda–Abdulpur line
• Pachuria–Bhanga line
• Poradah–Goalundo Ghat line
• Kalukhali–Gobra line
• Parbatipur–Panchagarh line
• Dhaka–Jessore line (partial)

Under construction

• Madhukhali–Magura line

Defunct

• Rupsha–Bagerhat line
• Jashore–Jhenaidah Line

Proposed

• Darshana–Meherpur line
• Nabharan–Satkhira–Munshiganj Forest line
• Katakhali–Bagerhat line
• Gobra–Pirojpur line
• Gopalganj–Kotalipara–Poysharhat-Gaurnadi line
• Bhanga–Kuakata line