On Track In Bangladesh
Trains were running in the sub-continent 142 years ago. Bangladesh Railways is state owned, employs 34,168 people and covers a length of 2,855 route kilometers.
Tea is served in China cups with complimentary sandwiches in first class carriages. The photograph (above) was taken on a journey from Chittagong to Dhaka.
Bangladesh train fairs work out cheaper than bus fairs. As well as supporting the economy by providing economic travel for students and the movement of goods many people, not employed by the railway, make a living from selling food to passengers and carrying luggage.
Passengers will see many people walking next to the tracks as well as shanty towns close to the railway as it enters urban areas.
Some 42 million passengers are transported each year by the railway.
![Man walking on Rail Track. Bangladesh 2008](https://philmaxwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/banglatrack08.jpg)
Man walking on Rail Track. Bangladesh 2008
![Women and children look out towards a river from the railway track they have occupied. Bangladesh 2008](https://philmaxwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/womenonrails.jpg)
Women and children look out towards a river from the railway track they have occupied. Bangladesh 2008
![Abandoned train. Bangladesh 2008](https://philmaxwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/disusedtrain1.jpg)
Abandoned train. Bangladesh 2008
![Shanty town next to railway tracks. Bangladesh 2008](https://philmaxwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/shanty.jpg)
Shanty town next to railway tracks. Bangladesh 2008
![A man walks by a lake in the opposite direction to the train. Bangladesh 2008](https://philmaxwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Train-by-lake.jpg)
A man walks by a lake in the opposite direction to the train. Bangladesh 2008
![Train and Rickshaw. Bangladesh 2008](https://philmaxwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/trainrickshaw.jpg)
Train and Rickshaw. Bangladesh 2008
![Photomontage, New York & Bangladesh 2010](https://philmaxwell.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Rail-track-NYC.jpg)
Photomontage, New York & Bangladesh 2010
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