Completion of the much-awaited Padma Multipurpose Bridge will not only efficiently connect the southern region to the capital, it will herald a new horizon of railway communications in the country.
The rail line via Padma bridge will cut short the travel time between Dhaka and south-western districts like Khulna and Jashore by half, creating scope for expanding rail networks in these and other southern districts crisscrossed by rivers earlier thought to be too logistically challenging.
The government has already undertaken a project titled Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP) to connect the capital and Jashore with a 169km rail line via the bridge. The link is a part of the Trans-Asian Railway Network.