Agargaon

আগারগাঁও
Dhaka Metro Rail station
Exterior of Agargaon metro station
General information
Other namesStation 9
LocationAgargaon, Dhaka
Bangladesh
Coordinates23°46′40″N 90°22′49″E / 23.7776907°N 90.3802056°E / 23.7776907; 90.3802056
Owned byDhaka Mass Transit Company Limited
Line(s) MRT Line 6 
PlatformsSide platform
Tracks2
Bus operatorsBRTC
ConnectionsBus interchange Begum Rokeya Avenue
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels3
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
AccessibleYes Disabled access
History
Opened29 December 2022 (2022-12-29)
Electrified1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Dhaka Metro Following station
Shewrapara
towards Uttara North
 MRT Line 6 Bijoy Sarani
towards Kamalapur
Location

Agargaon (Bengali: আগারগাঁও, romanised: Agargao) is an elevated metro station of the Dhaka Metro's MRT Line 6. It is located in Agargaon, and was opened on 29 December 2022.[2][3]

History

Platform of Agargaon metro station

The Agargaon 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. Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited gets work contract for "Package CP-03". The agreement document was sent to the ministry on 29 March 2016 for NBR investigation and law and parliamentary investigation. The signing ceremony for the agreement package was held on 3 May 2017 at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka. Construction work started on 2 August 2017.[4][5] It was inaugurated on 29 December 2022 and opened on the next day.[6]

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 → Train Terminates Here
(To be further extended to Kamalapur in the near future)
Platform 2
Northbound		 Towards ← Uttara North next station is Shewrapara
Side platform | Doors will open on the left Disabled access
L2

Connectivity

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation provides shuttle bus service from the station to Motijheel via Farmgate and Shahbag.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Line 6 route map" (PDF). Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ↑ 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 14 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে নিয়ে মাত্র ১০ মিনিটে দিয়াবাড়ি থেকে আগারগাঁওয়ে মেট্রোরেল". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "CP-03, CP-04 (Viaduct & Stations, Uttara-Agargaon)". 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "মেট্রোরেলে চড়তে ভিড়, যাত্রীদের আনন্দ-উচ্ছ্বাস". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  7. ↑ 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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