Strange: There are not two but three tracks for trains in Bangladesh! Know the reason behind this. Loktej a little bit, Vishwa News
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In India, millions of people travel by rail every day in our country because it costs less to travel by train. If the distance is long then people choose train. It is comfortable and cheap too. The condition of people traveling by rail here is such that even after booking tickets several days in advance, people remain in the waiting list.
Especially during festival time, so many people travel in the railways that some stations have a Kumbh Mela. If you have traveled by any train, then you must have seen that the train runs on 2 tracks. But have you ever seen a railway where not 2 but 3 tracks are used? This does not happen in our country but some such railway tracks are used in our neighboring country Bangladesh. Such tracks are called dual railway tracks.
history of bangladesh railway track
Let us tell you that any railway track is made with gauge ratio. Track widths vary in different regions of the country. You must also have noticed that the railway tracks are less wide at some places and slightly wider at others. They are also called a big line and a small line according to the width. Double gauge is used in Bangladesh, this type of train track consists of three railway lines.
Earlier meter gauge was also used here.
However, there was a time when only meter gauge was used in this country as well. Due to the expansion of the railway, there was a need for broad gauge here. At that time, there was a lot of expenditure involved in converting meter gauge to broad gauge. Because of this, Bangladesh Railways did not want to shut down the meter gauge railway network spread so far.
What is dual railway track?
Significantly, a dual railway track is such a railway track, which works to run two different gauge trains on the same track. People working in railways call it mixed gauge. This track is prepared by mixing broad gauge and meter gauge, with two gauge rails. Whereas, the third one is a common gauge. Common gauge is used for trains of different gauges. Also tell that apart from Bangladesh there are some other countries, which are using dual gauge.
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