Coordinates: 23°43′41″N 90°25′09″E / 23.7280611°N 90.4190611°E / 23.7280611; 90.4190611

Motijheel metro station

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Not to be confused with Moti Jheel metro station.
Motijheel

মতিঝিল
Dhaka Metro Rail station
Station building
General information
Other namesStation 16
LocationMotijheel Road, Dilkusha, Dhaka
Bangladesh
Coordinates23°43′41″N 90°25′09″E / 23.7280611°N 90.4190611°E / 23.7280611; 90.4190611
Owned byDhaka Mass Transit Company Limited
Line(s) MRT Line 2 
 MRT Line 6 
PlatformsSide platform
Tracks2
Bus operatorsBRTC
ConnectionsBus interchange Bus stand
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels3
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
AccessibleYes Disabled access
History
Opened5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Electrified1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Dhaka Metro Following station
Dilkusha Road
towards Gabtoli
 MRT Line 2 Arambagh
towards Narayanganj
Bangladesh Secretariat
towards Uttara North
 MRT Line 6 Kamalapur
Terminus
Location
Map

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

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

Station layout

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 openDisabled access
Southbound towards → Kamalapur
Northbound →towards ←Bangladesh Secretariat←
Side platform no. 2, the left door will openDisabled access
L2

References

  1. ^ "Line 6 route map" (PDF). Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "CP-03, CP-04 (Viaduct & Stations, Uttara-Agargaon)". 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "প্রেসক্লাব-মতিঝিলে মেট্রোরেলের 'দুর্ভোগ' সহ্য করতে হবে আরও ১ বছর". Sarabangla.net (in Bengali). 23 December 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  7. ^ "মেট্রোরেলের কমলাপুর অংশের নির্মাণকাজ শুরু". Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). 13 January 2023. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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