Dhaka Metrorail to carry 60,000 people per hr

Each of the 56 trains in the proposed Metrorail mass transit system will carry 1,800 passengers and will run every 4 minutes, or 60,000 people every hour. The tracks will run above the middle of roads, starting in Uttara and ending in Motijheel. Each train will take less than 40 minutes to run the whole distance, Metrorail Project Director Md Mofazzal Hossain has said. He said each train will have 6 coaches. ‘Assuming there will be eight people per square metre at the busiest hour, each train will be able to carry 1,800 people,’ he said. The cabinet on principle approved a law related to land acquisition for the Metrorail on Apr 28 this year. ECNEC approved the Tk 220 billion project in 2012. Mofazzal Hossain said the 16 Metrorail stations will be Uttara (North), Uttara (Centre), Uttara (South), Pallabi (Mirpur), IMT, Mirpur 10, Kaziparha, Taltola, Agargaon, Bijoy Sarani, Farmgate, Sonargaon Hotel, National Museum, Doel Chattar, Bangabandhu National Stadium and Shapla Chattar of Motijheel. He said the Metrorail’s detailed design will be finalised in July next year and the project will be completed by 2019, according to bdnews24.com.