মেট্রোরেল এবার টঙ্গীতে । Dhaka Metro rail service to be extended to Tongi

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This article is from 2022-2023 and is out of date. This is a news report from April 2023. The Motijheel section has since opened; check DMTCL for the status of any further extensions. For current information see the metro rail timetable and the fare page, both checked against the official DMTCL website.

Dhaka Metro Rail to be expanded to Tongi from Diabari

To ease transportation in Dhaka The metro rail service from Uttara’s Diabari is going to be extended to Tongi. Last Friday 28th April  2023 RTHD Secretary ABM Amin Ullah Nuri said

“The MRT Line-6 will be extended up to Motijheel by November. The work on extending Line-2 and Line- 6 from Diabari to Tongi has yet to be completed. Japan will provide further cooperation”

Over one million people used the metro rail from Uttara to Agargaon in the first three months of operation, earning its authorities about Tk6.2 crore in revenue.

The metro rail’s Agragaon-Motijheel section would open for traffic in November. Metro rail from Motijheel to Kamalapur Railway Station would be completed by 2026 and the construction from Diabari to Tongi would begin after that. The government of Bangladesh hopes  Dhaka should have a people-friendly public transportation system by 2030.