Dream Metro-rail started pickup passengers from Mirpur 10
Authorities said morning-midnight Metrorail services available in July
Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, Mar-01,
Mirpur-10 station, the fifth station of the Dhaka metro rail, was opened for commuters on Wednesday morning.
The doors of the station were declared open for passengers at 8:30am, according to project officials.
As per an earlier announcement, the authorities are scheduled to open all nine stations between Uttara and Agargaon within a few days.
MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd, said on Tuesday that they will announce the opening dates for the rest of the stations within March.
He said they will start to increase the duration of train operations after March and will go for a full-fledged (morning to midnight) operation from July.
Currently, the metro trains are being operated from 8:30am to 12:30pm.
Earlier on February 18, the Uttara centre station, the fourth station of the country’s first-ever metro rail service, was opened.
The Uttara to Agargaon segment of the nation’s first metro rail was made accessible to the general public on December 29, 2022.
On January 25, the authorities opened Mirpur’s Pallabi station, nearly one month after the inauguration of the metro rail service in Dhaka.
Currently, commuters are using Uttara North Station to Pallabi, Pallabi to Uttara, and Agargaon to Pallabi routes.
The government fixed Tk30 as the fare for Uttara North Station to Pallabi, Pallabi to Uttara and Agargaon to Pallabi.
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