Bangladesh Railway is the state-owned rail transport agency of Bangladesh. It operates and maintains the entire railway network of the country. BR is controlled by the Directorate General of Bangladesh Railway under the Ministry of Railways along with Bangladesh Railway Authority (BRA) and which works for policy guidance of BR.

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Key features of BR are the coexistence of several gauges, Broad gauge, Meter gauge and dual gauge, and the separation of the system by the Jamuna River (Brahmaputra) into a Western and Eastern Zone of operations with only one bridge, the 2003 Jamuna Bridge, connecting the two zones. Bangladesh Railway covers a length of 2,855 route kilometres and employs 34,168 people. BR operates international, inter- city and suburban rail systems on its multi-gauge network. It also owns coach production facilities. Carriage and wagon repairing and maintenance workshop is one of the key point institute of Bangladesh government.

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The shops are as follow-

1. Carriage shop                        8. Tool room shop

2. Wheel shop                            9. Mill wright shop

3.  Wagon shop                        10. Progress shop

4. Foundry shop                       11. Paint shop

5. Welding shop                       12. Smithy shop

6. CHR shop                              13. GOH shop

7.  Machine shop                      14. Training shop