Classic route
Sundarban Express
Dhaka → Khulna · Bangladesh
Sundarban Express in pictures
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- Distance
- 383 km
- Fastest time
- 7 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 51 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- Bangladesh Railway
- Train
- PT Inka rake
- Countries
- Bangladesh
- In service since
- 2003
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Now races Dhaka to Khulna over the 6.1 km Padma Bridge, whose rail deck opened in 2024 to slash the journey to the southwest.
How this line was checked
- The 134 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 9232254 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 89.2% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 17 m); the longest stretch away from it is 9.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Bangladesh Railway — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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