BSS, Dhaka :
The government is working on expansion of the planned metro rail network for a coordinated modern public transport management system in Dhaka metropolis and its surrounding areas.
“The Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) is now advancing with the plan to create a combined metro rail network,” Road Transport and Highways Division Additional Secretary Mohammed Belayet Hossain told BSS on Monday.
He said four metro-rail routes – Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-1, MRT Line-2, MRT Line-4 and MRT Line-5 – will be constructed to connect capital Dhaka from surrounding areas for better traffic management in the mega city.
Besides, he said, the construction of 1.5 kilometer viaduct, partial structure of MRT Line-6, the country’s first elevated metro rail system in Dhaka city, is going on in full swing to complete it by the end of this year.
Hossain said the 26.60-km MRT Line-1, which is divided into two parts, will run from the airport to Kamalapur having 12 stations with a length of 16.40 kilometers and from Natun Bazar to Purbachal having seven stations with a length of 10.20 km.
The MRT Line-1 is expected to be completed by 2026 at a cost of Taka 50,000 crore.
According to the project details, the MRT Line-1 would have 12 stations including Airport, Airport Terminal-3, Khilkheet, Jamuna Future Park, Natun Bazar, Uttar Badda, Badda, Hatirjheel, Rampura, Malibagh, Rajarbagh and Kamalapur.
The government is working on expansion of the planned metro rail network for a coordinated modern public transport management system in Dhaka metropolis and its surrounding areas.
“The Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) is now advancing with the plan to create a combined metro rail network,” Road Transport and Highways Division Additional Secretary Mohammed Belayet Hossain told BSS on Monday.
He said four metro-rail routes – Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-1, MRT Line-2, MRT Line-4 and MRT Line-5 – will be constructed to connect capital Dhaka from surrounding areas for better traffic management in the mega city.
Besides, he said, the construction of 1.5 kilometer viaduct, partial structure of MRT Line-6, the country’s first elevated metro rail system in Dhaka city, is going on in full swing to complete it by the end of this year.
Hossain said the 26.60-km MRT Line-1, which is divided into two parts, will run from the airport to Kamalapur having 12 stations with a length of 16.40 kilometers and from Natun Bazar to Purbachal having seven stations with a length of 10.20 km.
The MRT Line-1 is expected to be completed by 2026 at a cost of Taka 50,000 crore.
According to the project details, the MRT Line-1 would have 12 stations including Airport, Airport Terminal-3, Khilkheet, Jamuna Future Park, Natun Bazar, Uttar Badda, Badda, Hatirjheel, Rampura, Malibagh, Rajarbagh and Kamalapur.
