Uttara North metro station

Metro station in Dhaka
Preceding station Dhaka Metro Following station
Terminus MRT Line 6 Uttara Center
towards Kamalapur
Route map
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km
0.00
Tongi
 BR 
Tongi Bazar
Turag River
Sonargaon Janapath East
Sonargaon Janapath West
Diabari Bazar
Tongi extension
(planned)
Diabari Depot
7.50
Uttara North Bus interchange
Uttara Center
Uttara South
Pallabi
Mirpur 11
Mirpur 10
5N
Kazipara
Shewrapara
19.23
Agargaon Bus interchange
Bijoy Sarani
Farmgate
Karwan Bazar
5S
Shahbag
Dhaka University
Bangladesh Secretariat
Motijheel Bus interchange
2
28.76
Kamalapur
 BR 
Line 2
Line 1
Line 4
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Uttara North (Bengali: উত্তরা উত্তর, romanised: Uttora uttor) is an elevated metro station of the Dhaka Metro Rail's MRT Line 6.[2] This station is located in Uttara, a neighbourhood of Dhaka. It was opened on 29 December 2022.[3][4]

History

The Uttara North Metro Station was constructed under "Package CP-03". The notification of application for construction of raised bridges for stations and railways was published on 30 June 2015 and the last date for submission of applications was 9 September 2015. The Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited received the work contract for "Package CP-03". The agreement was signed in a ceremony on 3 May 2017, and construction work started on 2 August 2017.[5][6] It was inaugurated on 28 December 2022 and opened for use on the next day.[7]

Station

Station layout

G Path level Exit / Entry
L1 Between Rent control, station agent, metro card vending machine, crossover
L2 Side platform | Doors will open on the left Disabled access
Platform 1
Southbound
Towards → Motijheel next station is Uttara Center
Platform 2
Northbound
Towards ← Train Terminates Here
Side platform | Doors will open on the left Disabled access
L2

Connectivity

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation provides shuttle bus service from the station to House Building.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Line 6 route map" (PDF). Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ^ Adhikary, Tuhin Shubhra (23 April 2022). "A peek into Uttara north metro rail station". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  3. ^ Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary (6 June 2021). "Uttara-Agargaon Metro Rail: Launch now aimed at Dec 2022". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. ^ "প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে নিয়ে মাত্র ১০ মিনিটে দিয়াবাড়ি থেকে আগারগাঁওয়ে মেট্রোরেল". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  5. ^ "CP-03, CP-04 (Viaduct & Stations, Uttara-Agargaon)". 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Construction of Metro rail and station starts today". The Asian Age. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Metro rail now open for public". The Daily Star. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  8. ^ Adhikary, Tuhin Shubhra (18 December 2022). "Metro Rail: 50 double-decker buses to provide shuttle service". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
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