[4] In the first phase, an initiative was taken to construct a broad gauge railway spanning 172 km from Dhaka's Kamalapur to Jessore in the southwestern district.

[6] In 2019, a joint venture of South Korea's Doha, Spain's TIPSA and Bangladeshi consulting firm DDC was tasked with the feasibility study of the project.

[7] It was also learned that the proposed railway might be an electrified broad gauge double line with a potential construction cost of ৳42,000 crore.

[8] On 5 April 2022, the proposal for the railway project was submitted to the Economic Relations Division to get potential investors in public–private partnership and to the Bangladesh Planning Commission to get government funds.

[9] After the meeting held on 22 October 2023, the Bangladesh Planning Commission sent back its proposal advising to suspend the project for the time being considering the economic situation of the country.