Uttara Center metro station

Uttara Center উত্তরা সেন্টার
Dhaka Metro Rail station
Interior of the station
General information
Other names	Station 2
Location	Artist Quamrul Hassan Road, Sector 17, Uttara, Dhaka Bangladesh
Coordinates	23.8598°N 90.3651°E / 23.8598; 90.3651
Owned by	Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited
Line(s)	MRT Line 6
Platforms	Side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	3
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	18 February 2023 (2023-02-18)
Electrified	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Dhaka Metro Following station Uttara North Terminus MRT Line 6 Uttara South 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

Uttara Center (Bengali: উত্তরা সেন্টার romanised: Uttora sentar) is an elevated metro station of the Dhaka Metro's MRT Line 6, located in Uttara, neighbourhood of Dhaka. The station commenced operation from 18 February 2023.^[2][3][4]

History

The Uttara Centre 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.^[5][6]

Transit Oriented Development Hub

There will be a TOD hub in all stations of Metro Rail Line-6. This TOD (Transit Oriented Development) hub houses shops, commercial office etc. According to authority the first TOD hub will be constructed in this station.^[7]

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 → Motijheel next station is Uttara South
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Uttara North
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

References

1. "Line 6 route map" (PDF). Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
2. "প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে নিয়ে মাত্র ১০ মিনিটে দিয়াবাড়ি থেকে আগারগাঁওয়ে মেট্রোরেল". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
3. Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary (6 June 2021). "Uttara-Agargaon Metro Rail: Launch now aimed at Dec 2022". The Daily Star.
4. "মেট্রোরেলের 'উত্তরা সেন্টার' স্টেশন খুললো". Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
5. "CP-03, CP-04 (Viaduct & Stations, Uttara-Agargaon)". 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
6. "Construction of Metro rail and station starts today". The Asian Age. 2 August 2017.
7. Hossain, Anwar (9 March 2021). "বাড়তি আয়ের জন্য খোলা হবে বিপণিবিতান". Prothom Alo (in Bengali).

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