Agargaon আগারগাঁও | |||||||||||
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Dhaka Metro Rail station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Other names | Station 9 | ||||||||||
Location | Agargaon, Dhaka Bangladesh | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 23°46′40″N 90°22′49″E / 23.7776907°N 90.3802056°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited | ||||||||||
Line(s) | MRT Line 6 | ||||||||||
Platforms | Side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Bus operators | BRTC | ||||||||||
Connections | Begum Rokeya Avenue | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 3 | ||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 29 December 2022 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 1,500 V DC overhead catenary | ||||||||||
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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
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 | |
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 | ||
L2 | ||
Connectivity
Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation provides shuttle bus service from the station to Motijheel via Farmgate and Shahbag.[7]
References
- ↑ "Line 6 route map" (PDF). Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে নিয়ে মাত্র ১০ মিনিটে দিয়াবাড়ি থেকে আগারগাঁওয়ে মেট্রোরেল". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ↑ "CP-03, CP-04 (Viaduct & Stations, Uttara-Agargaon)". 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "মেট্রোরেলে চড়তে ভিড়, যাত্রীদের আনন্দ-উচ্ছ্বাস". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ↑ Adhikary, Tuhin Shubhra (18 December 2022). "Metro Rail: 50 double-decker buses to provide shuttle service". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
External links
Media related to Agargaon metro station at Wikimedia Commons