According to officials today, Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMCTL), which runs the capital’s metro rail service, is anticipated to begin its extended service up to Kamalapur station on New Year’s Day of next year.
DMCTL Managing Director Faruque Ahmed stated, “We have finished 69 percent of the work to extend the 1.16 km length of MRT Line-6 line from Motijheel to Kamalapur.”
He stated that construction was underway and that the Kamalapur segment or station was anticipated to open for travelers on January 1, 2027.
According to DMCTL officials, all 177 piles, pile caps, piers, and station columns were finished by December 2025.
They said construction of the station’s concourse roof, platform slabs, precast parapet walls, steel roof structure and steel erection were completed while 25 out of 27 spans were lifted by now.
Moreover, they said, 2800 square meters of brick wall and plaster work at the concourse level.
According to the officials they were now focused on activities including agreements for installing electrical and mechanical systems.
The total length of the MRT Line-6 line is 21.26 kilometres from Uttara’s Diabari or Uttara North to Kammalapur.
The midway stations are Uttara Centre, Uttara South, Pallabi, Mirpur 11, Mirpur 10, Kazipara, Shewrapara, Agargaon, Bijoy Sarani, Farmgate, Karwan Bazar, Shahbagh, Dhaka University, Bangladesh Secretariat, Motijheel and Kamalapur.
Commercial operation of the country’s maiden metro rail from Uttara to Motijheel began in November 2023.
Now the first train leaves Motijheel station at 7 am and the last train at 10:10 pm. On the other side the first train leaves Uttara Uttar station at 6:40 am and the last one at 9:30 pm.
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