Motijheel metro station
Motijheel (Bengali: মতিঝিল, romanised: Motijhil) is an elevated metro station of the Dhaka Metro Rail's MRT Line 6. This station is located in the area of Dilkusha towards Motijheel. It commenced operations on 5 November 2023.[2]
History
[edit]The 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. The Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited received the work contract for "Package CP-03". The agreement was signed in a ceremony on 3 May 2017, and construction work started on 2 August 2017.[3][4]
In 2019, the extension of MRT Line 6 from Motijheel to Kamalapur was planned by the government.[5] As of December 2022, the construction of the station was in progress and the installation of the roof sheet of the station was in progress.[6] The extension work started in January 2023.[7]
Station
[edit]Station layout
[edit]| G | Path level | Exit / Entry |
| L1 | Between | Rent control, station agent, metro card vending machine, crossover |
| L2 | Side platform no. 1, the left door will open
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| Southbound | towards → Kamalapur | |
| Northbound | →towards ←Bangladesh Secretariat← | |
| Side platform no. 2, the left door will open
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| L2 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Line 6 route map" (PDF). Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "১২ স্টেশনে মেট্রোরেল থামবে" [Metro Rail will stop at 12 stations]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 5 November 2023. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "CP-03, CP-04 (Viaduct & Stations, Uttara-Agargaon)". 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Adhikari, Tuhin Subhra (6 December 2019). "Metro Line-6 to link Kamalapur". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ "প্রেসক্লাব-মতিঝিলে মেট্রোরেলের 'দুর্ভোগ' সহ্য করতে হবে আরও ১ বছর". Sarabangla.net (in Bengali). 23 December 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "মেট্রোরেলের কমলাপুর অংশের নির্মাণকাজ শুরু". Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). 13 January 2023. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.