The Uttara centre station, the fourth station of the country’s first-ever metro rail service, has been opened for passengers.
A train coming from Diabari stopped at Uttara centre station at 8:30am on Saturday.
The Dhaka’s metro rail authority will also inaugurate Mirpur section-10 station on March 1.
The remaining four stations from Uttara to Agargaon will also be opened by March. Preparations are also being made to start the full operation of the Metrorail from morning to midnight in July, MAN Siddique, Managing Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company told journalists on February 9.
Currently, the trains are operating from 8 am to 4 pm on the route.
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Earlier, the authority opened Pallabi station on January 25 for public.
On December 28 last, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the metro rail service, known as MRT Line-6.
The authorities have planned to extend the service from Uttara to Motijheel by next year before opening the route to Kamalapur in 2025.
The metrorail earned revenue Taka 2.46 crore by selling tickets in 29 days since the inauguration of the MRT Line-6,