Construction work of Padma Multipurpose Bridge under financing of Bangladesh Government is going on and targeted to be completed by middle of the year 2021. The Padma Multipurpose Bridge provides four lanes for road traffic on top deck and in bottom deck a Broad-gauge Single Railway Track. With the view to connect Dhaka with South-west part of the country within shortest possible period, construction of a rail link between Dhaka and Jessore earned prime importance... Feasibility Study, Detailed Design and Tendering Services had been completed for Dhaka - Bhanga section while only Feasibility Study have been conducted for Bhanga - Jessore section by the Consulting Firm namely CANARAIL in JV with SMEC of Australia, DB of Germany and ACE of Bangladesh engaged under financing of Asian Development Bank (ADB)... The project aims at constructing new railway track (approz.169 Km) from Capital City Dhaka to Jashore via Padma Multipurpose Bridge to establish new Broad Gauge (BG) railway..
Also known as: Padma Bridge Rail Link Project