Uttara South metro station explained

Uttara South
Native Name:উত্তরা দক্ষিণ
Type:Dhaka Metro Rail station
Native Name Lang:bn
Other Name:Station 3
Style:Dhaka Metro
Address:Sector 17, Uttara, Dhaka
Country:Bangladesh
Coordinates:23.8456°N 90.3631°W
Structure:Elevated
Platform:Side platform
Levels:3
Tracks:2
Electrified:1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Accessible:Yes
Parking:No
Bicycle:No
Owned:Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Area Km2:5
Map State:collapsed

Uttara South (romanised: Uttora dokkhin) is an elevated metro station of the Dhaka Metro's MRT Line 6. This station is located in Uttara, a neighbourhood of Dhaka. It is estimated that the station will be opened on the last week of March 2023.[1] [2] It became operational from 31 March 2023.[3]

History

The Uttara South 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 was sent 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]

Station

Station layout

GPath levelExit / Entry
valign=topL1valign=topBetweenvalign=topRent control, station agent, metro card vending machine, crossover
L2Side platform | Doors will open on the left |-|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|Platform 1
Southbound|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Towards → Agargaon next station is Pallabi|-|Platform 2
Northbound|Towards ← Uttara North next station is Uttara Center|-|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Side platform | Doors will open on the left |-|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=2 valign=top|L2|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100||style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500||-|}

References

Notes and References

  1. News: প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে নিয়ে মাত্র ১০ মিনিটে দিয়াবাড়ি থেকে আগারগাঁওয়ে মেট্রোরেল. bn. 28 December 2022. 28 December 2022. Prothom Alo.
  2. News: Uttara-Agargaon Metro Rail: Launch now aimed at Dec 2022. 6 June 2021. Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary. The Daily Star.
  3. Web site: খুলে গেলো মেট্রোর সব দ্বার. bn. 31 March 2023. 31 March 2023. Jamuna Television.
  4. Web site: CP-03, CP-04 (Viaduct & Stations, Uttara-Agargaon). 17 March 2020. 8 February 2022. 15 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220115112329/http://www.dmtcl.gov.bd/site/page/0b351d77-527b-48cf-ba8c-a78da2d57ea1/-. dead.
  5. News: Construction of Metro rail and station starts today. 2 August 2017. The Asian Age.