After that several proposals and decisions were made to relocate and demolish the station building but due to objections from the authorities and dignitaries it was not done.

Among them are homeless people, height of platforms, insecurity, criminal activities, reluctance of passengers to use foot overbridges, problem of railway porters and unavailability of information.

Also the old Dacca railway station on the northern side of the city was incomplete, consisting of a platform, a small yard and a locomotive shed.

Relocating the station to a less congested area is expected to facilitate unhindered north–south vehicular flow, and also bring old and new Dhaka cities together.

[10] After 10 years of the suggestion on 20 December 1958, the provincial government finalized to construct the new railway station in Kamalapur with the deadline of 1964.

[4] In 2005, American consultancy firm Louis Berger Group prepared a strategic transport plan (STP) for Dhaka.

Nurul Islam Sujon, railway minister of the country, had announced on 14 January 2023 that the section would be opened for train traffic by March.

[25] Although the Kamalapur railway station was opened in June, the authority did not arrange additional trains for passengers on the occasion of Eid al-Adha.

[26] After the end of the lockdown in 2021, the government mandated online-only ticket sales, leaving the lower classes deprived of using the station.

On the other hand, they could not travel sitting on the roof of the train as they were not allowed to enter the station without a ticket.

[27] After the second phase of lockdown, Kamalapur railway station was opened and rail communication resumed.

[28] In early 2022, new restrictions were imposed on the railway station as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, and ticket sales were halved.

Under this infrastructure will be built around Kamalapur Railway Station; There will be multi-storied residential buildings, hotels, shopping malls, subways and runways.

[32] In 2019, the Bangladesh Railway authority objected to the construction of a multimodal hub in front of the station building.

[1] The architects of Kamalapur railway station were two Americans: Daniel Dunham and Bob Buie.

[38] Dunham & Buie's design included the creation of a wide-span structure that would be suitable for the climate of the region, a challenge to them.

The terminal's profile – a rhythmic arrangement of gently tapered and arched shells evokes the typical image of a tropical climate, with an umbrella providing protection from monsoon rains.

[39] In 1971, Pakistan Army attacked the Kamalapur railway station soon after Operation Searchlight began.

[39] 22 June 2009, Incorrect signal caused head on collision between Mahanagar Probhati and Isa khan express.

[40] On 29 December 2014, Kamalapur railway station was involved in an accident when a train collided with a lorry, resulting in the death of 6 people.

[42] In January 2019, a fire broke out in the station's control room, disrupting train schedules.

[50] On 29 December 2022, during the anti-government protest in the country, a railway security guard was killed by the explosion of a crude bomb on its platform.

[51] On Eid-ul-Fitr 2023, it was prohibited to enter the station and travel on the roof of the train without purchasing an advance ticket online.

[56] There are eight 918.4 meter[57] long platforms at this station, numbered 1-8 from the North West to the South East (left to right when viewed from the passenger entrance): Kamalapur railway station has a yard of Dhaka Inland Container Depot owned by the authority of the Port of Chittagong.

The hospital was started to provide medical services to the officers and employees of the Bangladesh Railway.

In 2013, the hospital was planned to be taken up in public private partnership[62] and two years later, its services were opened to all and expanded to 100 beds.

According to the information of the detective branch, various criminals are waiting to commit misdeeds at this railway terminal and hence the station is dangerous for passengers.

The reporter saw some people taking drugs in public and interviewed a porter who was there revealed that the policemen are removed after 12:00 am.

On the other hand, the railway police authority blamed the lack of manpower for this insecurity in the station.

As a result, passengers face problems in boarding broad gauge and demo trains from the platforms.