Mymensingh Junction railway station

Mymensingh Junction Railway Station is a railway junction located in Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

History
The demand for jute was increasing all over the world. For the purpose of meeting that growing demand, there was a need for better communication system than the existing communication system to supply jute from Eastern Bengal to Port of Kolkata. Therefore in 1885 a 144 km wide meter gauge railway line named Dhaka State Railway was constructed to bring raw jute to Kolkata mainly by river which connects Mymensingh with Narayanganj. The railway junction in Mymensingh opened on 15 February 1886. In 2021, the Minister of Railways announced the modernization of the railway junction at a cost of BDT200 crore.

Criticisms
Mymensingh Junction railway station is known to be unsanitary and a hotbed of pickpockets. The station is also allegedly occupied by ticket black marketers.