Staff Reporter:
Metro rail in Dhaka will run for an additional hour from today considering the passengers’ demand during the month of Ramadan.
The last train from Motijheel station will depart at 9:40pm and from Uttara Uttar station at 9pm until the day before Eid-ul-Fitr, Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL) Managing Director MAN Siddique said at a press conference on Tuesday.
With the increased operations, metro rail will run 194 times on both sides, while at present, it runs 184 times from 7am to 8:40pm.
The DMTCL, meanwhile, has decided to stop operations of the metro rail on Eid day.
