[9] The government conducted a feasibility study for the chord line in the 1980s, but the project stalled after the 1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh.

[10] Then the Railway Reorganization Reforms Formulation Committee formed during the First Hasina ministry recommended an allocation of ৳900 crore (equivalent to ৳43 billion or US$350 million in 2023) for the chord line in the financial year 1998-1999.

[9] During the Second Khaleda ministry in 2006, the government commissioned SM AMEC International Private Limited to carry out another survey for the chord line.

[11] In 2018, the Third Hasina ministry started work on plans to build the Dhaka–Chittagong high-speed railway on the proposed route of the chord Line, which was criticized by transport experts.

Nurul Islam Sujon promised a new plan to construct the chord line, which will reduce the railway distance from Dhaka to Chittagong by 70 km.

[13] On January 11, 2023, the Cabinet Committee on Public Procurement gave permission to the Ministry of Railways to undertake a feasibility study and detailed design of the chord line construction project.