Therefore in 1885 a 144 km wide meter gauge railway line named Dhaka State Railway was constructed to bring raw jute to Kolkata mainly by river which connects Mymensingh with Narayanganj.

Gandaria railway station was built as part of the project during the construction of Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line.

100 acres of land was acquired in the railway station area which is located near Demra–Joydebpur Eastern Bypass for the implementation of the project.

In 2007, the construction cost of the new inland container depot was fixed at ৳450 crore.

In 2019, the government contracted DP World to build it under a public private partnership, after failing to find investors to implement the project.