Staff Reporter :
The first consignment of Metrorail (Mass Rapid Transit) bogies has reached Uttara in Dhaka. The shipment arrived in the city two days before the scheduled time.
The Metrorail bogies reached the Diabari jetty in Uttara around 4:15 pm on Wednesday.
The coaches will be taken to the metro rail depot in Uttara from there on April 23, a DMTCL official said.
Managing Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited MAN Siddique confirmed the news to the media saying that in the first consignment, there are six bogies of Metrorail.
Though the carriages were scheduled to arrive on April 23, the transport of these bogies started from the port of Kobe, Japan on March 4 by a ship called MV SPM Bangkok.
Sources said, the integrated tests of MRT Line 6 will be carried out before formal operation. Trial runs will also be done after the integrated test.
It is mentionable that firstly the original length of the metro rail route was 20.1 km to Motijheel, but it has now been extended by 1.16km to Kamalapur Railway Station. As a result, the number of stations has increased to 16.
There will be a total of 16 stations on the 21km route of MRT Line 6.
The stations will be located at Uttara North, Uttara Center, Uttara South, Pallabi, Mirpur 11, Mirpur 10, Kazipara, Shewrapara, Agargaon, Bijoy Sarani, Farmgate, Karwan Bazar, Shahbag, Dhaka University, Bangladesh Secretariat, and Motijheel.
