Metro Rail’s test run on Agargaon-Motijheel route today

The metro rail authorities will conduct a test run of the trains on the Agargoan-Motijheel section today, Friday (July 7).

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader will inaugurate the test run of the trains on the Agargoan-Motijheel section around 4.00pm.

Earlier, the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) opened the Uttara-Agargaon section of the country’s first metro-rail line, formally known as MRT Line-6, on December 29 last year.

Since then, the demand of the Agargaon-Motijheel section has increased as the major catchment area runs through Mirpur to Motijheel.

At that time, it was announced that the Agargaon-Motijheel section would open in December, while the Motijheel-Kamalapur one would open in June 2025.

The government is implementing the fast-track project to build the 21.26km elevated metro line, which will have 17 stations, from Uttara to Kamalapur at a cost of Tk 33, 472 crore.