The Metrorail will run straight from Uttara to Agargaon following the inauguration of the first section of the MRT Line-6 by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today(Wednesday).But all stations in between will come under operation from March 26.
Freedom fighters will be able to travel by metro rail without fare. There is no half pass facility for students.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said this at a press conference at Agargaon Metrorail Station concourse level in the capital on Tuesday. The press conference was held on the occasion of the inauguration of the country’s first Metrorail MRT Line-6 from Uttara to Agargaon. Managing Director (MD) of Dhaka Mass Transport Company Limited (DMTCL) was present among others.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Diabari-Agargaon section of the much awaited Metro Rail (MRT-6) at 11 am on Wednesday. Metro rail will run from Uttara to Motijheel in December, 2023 and from Motijheel to Kamalapur in 2025. It will take 38 minutes to travel from Uttara to Motijheel.Sixty thousand passengers per hour i.e. five lakh passengers will be able to travel byMetro Rail per day.
After the inauguration on Wednesday till March 26, the Metrorail will not stop at any intermediate station on the Uttara-Agargaon route, MAN Siddique said, adding that they have all preparations to touch other stations of the Metrorail. Metro Rail will not stop at all stations now because people are not used to it. But by March people will get accustomed to it.
“Our metro rail fare has been fixed in the light of current times. In countries where fares are low metro rails were built long ago there. Metrorail cannot be made profitable by fares. So, we will build station plazas and earn from there,” added MAN Siddique.
