Metro rail Uttara centre station opens

The Uttara centre station, the fourth station of the country’s first-ever metro rail service, was opened on Saturday (February 18) morning.

A train left Diabari station at 8:30am and took a break at Uttara station for passengers.

With this, a total of four stations of metro rail service are opened for commuters.

Meanwhile, Mirpur-10 station is set to be opened on March 1.

The rest of the stations will be open in phases.

The Uttara to Agargaon segment of the nation’s first metro rail was made accessible to the general public on December 29, 2022.

On January 25, the authorities opened Mirpur’s Pallabi station, nearly one month after the inauguration of the metro rail service in Dhaka.

Currently, commuters are using Uttara North Station to Pallabi, Pallabi to Uttara, and Agargaon to Pallabi routes.

The government fixed Tk30 as the fare for Uttara North Station to Pallabi, Pallabi to Uttara and Agargaon to Pallabi.