The last remaining stations, Karwan Bazar and Shahbagh of the country`s first metro rail service, will open to the public today (Sunday), bringing the total number of stations on the Uttara-Motijheel stretch to 16.
MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), recently briefed media of this.
However, all exits and entrances at the Karwan Bazar station will will not be open from Sunday.
The service hours will stay the same: 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on the Agargaon-Motijheel segment and 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the Uttara-Agargaon part.
According to MAN Siddique, the full Uttara-Motijheel route would begin running from morning to night in March of next year.
