Metro rail operating on new schedule

Metro rail is running with increased frequency during peak hours, operating every eight minutes instead of 10-minute interval from today (February 17) for the convenience of the passengers.

The new schedule came into effect this morning, said Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTL) managing director MAN Siddique.

As per the new schedule, from Uttara to Motijheel between 7:31am and 11:48pm and from Motijheel to Uttara between 8:01am and 12:08 will be considered as peak hours.

Simultaneously, from Uttara to Motijheel between 3:13pm and 8:00pm and from Motijheel to Uttara between 3:53pm and 8:40pm will be considered peak hours.

Apart from this, according to the new schedule, there will be ‘special off-peak hour’, which will commence on the North-Motijheel route from 7.10am to 7.20am with a 10-minute delay between trains.

Currently, the metro rails are operating on the Uttara-Motijheel rout from 7:10 am to 8:40 pm every day except for Friday.