Staff Reporter:
The state-run metro rail authority has taken a decision to extend operational time and increase frequency of trains from October 19.
Time and trips of the Mass Rapid Transit Line-6 (MRT Line-6) has been extended considering passen-gers’ demand, Deputy Secretary of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) Zahidul Islam said yesterday.
According to the decision, day’s first train will leave Uttara Uttar station at 6:40 am instead of present schedule at 7:10 am while the last train will leave at 9:30 pm instead of 9 pm.
From Motijeel side the first train will leave at 7 am and last train will leave at 10:10 pm.
On Fridays, the metro rail it will run from 2:30 pm, half an hour ahead of present schedule.
From mid-November a total of 238 trips will be operated every day. The new plan will reduce interval between the arrival and departure.
As per new schedule, he said, trains will be operated in 4, 6 and 8 minutes interval during peak, off-peak and super off-peak hours.
MRT 6 has 24 sets of trains with six coaches each. Currently 13 sets of trains are running on the Uttara-Motijheel route. Under the new schedule, 19 sets of trains will run regularly.
Currently, on an average of 4.5 lakh commuters use metro rail every day which will be around five lakh after the schedule comes effective, the official said.
