Metro rail to make stoppage at all stations from Sunday

The metro rail service will make stoppages at all stations from Uttara North to Motijheel starting from Sunday.

The completion of the metro rail project will not bring any changes to the existing schedule.

This announcement was made by MAN Siddique, the managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited, at the company's office in Eskaton on Thursday.

The metro rail route comprises a total of 16 stations from Uttara North to Motijheel. The service operates from 7:30am to 11:30am from Uttara to Motijheel, while the section from Uttara to Agargaon runs from 7:30am to 8:30pm.

Metro rail project
The cost of the country’s first-ever metro rail project stands at Tk33,472 crore. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) provided Tk19,719 crore in the form of a loan to support the project, while the Government of Bangladesh funded the remaining amount.

In the beginning, the estimated cost of this project was about Tk21,000 crore. The cost has increased due to the construction of an additional 1.6 km section from Motijheel to Kamalapur, the acquisition of new land for each station, and the addition of various new facilities.

The main construction work of the project started in 2017.