Dhaka metro rail to start operation from Victory Day 2022
12 December 2021, 03:38 pm | Updated: 26 November 2024, 07:42 pm
The country’s first ever metro train will begin its official operation in the capital on Victory Day next year.
MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited, shared the information with the media on Sunday during a performance test.
During the test, the train reached the Agargaon station started from Uttara around 10:45am and stayed there for some 45 minutes before returning to Uttara’s Diabari depot.
The train had travelled to Mirpur 10 from Uttara at 100kmph and from there to Agargaon at 15-25mkph.
Earlier on August 29, the metro train made its first official performance test from Diabari depot to Mirpur 12 transit service. The second performance test was held on November 29 between Uttara and Mirpur 10.
The overall progress of the construction work of the 21.26-kilometre elevated metro rail service from Uttara to Motijheel-Kamalapur Railway Station currently stands at over 72%.
The metro rail is expected to carry 60,000 passengers per hour by travelling the entire 21.26km route from Uttara to Motijheel-Kamalapur Railway Station in less than 40 minutes.
