From the Shut Your Aperture archive (2014): this gallery and contributor statement describe the original publication period, not current location, affiliations or invitations.

Railways of Bangladesh by Ata Mohammad Adnan

Railways of Bangladesh by Ata Mohammad Adnan

In a country like Bangladesh, where the country is densely populated, railways prove to be a popular form of transport, but the number of seats available don’t do justice to the number of prospective passengers who travel to their hometown at least two times annually to celebrate festivals.

Round the year, the station also sees a fair share of passengers, and a whole circle of people make their lives around the area- to some the platform serves as shelter, to some it serves as a source of living.

Child holding a newspaper near railway tracksSavePortrait of an older woman at a railway stationSaveTrain tracks at a crowded stationSavePerson sitting in a train doorwaySavePassengers leaning from a train compartmentSaveChild looking from a train windowSavePassengers on and around a trainSaveTwo passengers looking out a train windowSavePassenger waving through barred train windowSaveMan leaning out from a train carriageSavePortrait through a small train windowSaveWoman resting her chin in her handSavePeople waiting on a railway platformSavePassengers leaning from carriage windowsSaveTrain and passengers beside a platformSaveThree women seated at a stationSaveMen reading newspapers on a railway platformSavePassenger seated inside a small train windowSaveOlder man looking out of a train windowSavePortrait of a man at a stationSaveRailway employee standing beside a trainSaveChild seen between passengers on a trainSaveYoung person looking out of a train windowSavePassengers gathered on the roof of a trainSavePeople waiting together at a railway stationSave