Agargaon metro station

Agargaon আগারগাঁও
Dhaka Metro Rail station
Exterior of Agargaon metro station
General information
Other names	Station 9
Location	Agargaon, Dhaka Bangladesh
Coordinates	23.7776907°N 90.3802056°E / 23.7776907; 90.3802056
Owned by	Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited
Line(s)	MRT Line 6
Platforms	Island 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 (2022-12-29)
Electrified	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Dhaka Metro Following station Shewrapara towards Uttara North MRT Line 6 Bijoy Sarani towards Kamalapur
Route map km Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line Tongi–Bhairab–Akhaura line 0.00 Tongi  BR  Tongi Bazar Turag River Sonargaon Janapath East Sonargaon Janapath West Diabari Bazar ↑ Tongi extension (planned) Diabari Depot 7.50 Uttara North Uttara Center Uttara South Pallabi Mirpur 11 Mirpur 10 5N Kazipara Shewrapara 19.23 Agargaon Bijoy Sarani Farmgate Karwan Bazar 5S Shahbag Dhaka University Bangladesh Secretariat Motijheel 2 28.76 Kamalapur  BR  Line 2 Line 1 Line 4 Dhaka–Jessore line Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line Source[1] This diagram: view talk edit
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	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards → Motijheel (To be further extended to Kamalapur in the near future) next station is Bijoy Sarani
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Uttara North next station is Shewrapara

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.

External links

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