C T Online Desk: The Uttara centre station, the fourth station of the country’s first-ever metro rail service, was opened on Saturday morning.
The doors of the station were declared open for passengers at 8am, according to project officials.
On the other hand, the Mirpur-10 station is set to be opened on March 1, MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited, said earlier.
With this, five stations will be opened for passenger movement, he said.
The rest of the stations will be open in phases within the next month, he added.
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.
According to Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), rail operations to Motijheel may start by the end of 2024, and Kamalapur by 2025.
By December 2024, the metro rail will start operation from Agargaon to Kamalapur route with 24 trains.
