Now everyday around more than thirty thousand passengers travel to the capital from Narayanganj by train.

[1] In December 1882, the Government of Bengal began work on the Dacca State Railway, connecting Dacca with Narayanganj, its satellite river port to the south, and with Mymensingh to the north.

Revenue service on the 10.25 miles (16.50 km) Dacca-Narayanganj segment began on 4 January 1885.

At completion, rolling stock consisted of 12 engines, 60 passenger coaches, and 345 freight wagons.

[3] The line was used mainly to transport jute to the port of Narayanganj, from which it was shipped by river to Calcutta.