Train communication between Rajbari and Faridpur was introduced in 1920 to meet the long-felt demand of greater Faridpur district. From the very inception of the service, trains used to run six-time a day along the route smoothly. People from all walks of life enjoyed train journey with the northern districts via Rajbari.

But the train service began to deteriorate after the independence of Bangladesh due to unknown reasons. As a result railway earning in this route came down sharply. Ultimately, train communication stopped at a time when a project was also under process to extend train service from Faridpur to Barisal. But the railway authorities did not take any measure to protect the railway property.

From then on, unscrupulous people looted railway tracks, slippers, trees along the railway line, telegraphic posts and wire indiscriminately. Influential people grabbed railway land illegally and built unauthorised structures on it.

However, on query, a few of the illegal occupants told that they had taken lease of the railway land from the concerned authority legally.

Local businessmen who suffered much due to stoppage of train service, have demanded its immediate reopening. Since its closure, they are spending an additional amount of money to carry goods including rice from the northern districts by truck resulting in rise in rice prices in local markets.