Metro Rail services started today (December 31) at the Karwan Bazar and Shahbag stations.

With the opening of the last two metro rail stations--Karwan Bazar and Shahbagh, all 16 of the stations from Uttara to Motijheel are now open to the public.

Commuters, especially office-goers, on this way, are happy to get metro rail services as it will ease their journey.

Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited's (DMTCL) Managing Director M A N Siddique earlier confirmed the matter.

However, there will be no changes to the current schedule, he said in a press conference at the Metro Rail headquarters in the capital.

He stated that the train operation hours would also be extended sooner.

Currently, the metro rail operates from 7 am to 12 pm at 14 stations on the Uttara-Motijheel-Uttara route.

The metro rail will be able to carry 60 thousand passengers per hour and half a million passengers per day and one train will arrive at each station every four minutes.

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been constructing the metro rail and providing soft loans to the project. The JICA gave Taka 19,500 crore for the project.

BDST: 1023 HRS, DEC 31, 2023
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