| Poradah Junction Railway Station | |||||||||||
| Native Name: | পোড়াদহ জংশন রেলওয়ে স্টেশন | ||||||||||
| Address: | Kushtia District | ||||||||||
| Country: | Bangladesh | ||||||||||
| Style: | Bangladesh Railways | ||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 23.8647°N 89.0327°W | ||||||||||
| Type: | Bangladesh Railway Station | ||||||||||
| Structure: | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||
| Status: | Functioning | ||||||||||
| Platform: | 4 | ||||||||||
| Tracks: | Broad Gauge | ||||||||||
| Original: | Eastern Bengal Railway | ||||||||||
| Years: | Becomes a junction | ||||||||||
| Years1: | Operate by PER | ||||||||||
| Events1: | 1961-1971; 10 years | ||||||||||
| Years2: | Operate by BR | ||||||||||
| Events2: | 1972-present | ||||||||||
| Mapframe: | yes | ||||||||||
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Poradah Junction railway station is a railway junction located in Poradah of Kushtia District, Bangladesh. It is the first railway junction of Bangladesh and the first railway station is Jagati railway station.
The British Raj government laid the first railway line from Calcutta to Jagati via Poradah on 15 November 1862.[1] Later, the Poradah–Bheramara railway line opened by 1878, making Poradah railway station a junction.[2] The Benapole Express train running from Dhaka to Benapole takes a break at Poradah Junction.[3]