Uttara South metro station

Uttara South metro station (Bengali: উত্তরা দক্ষিণ মেট্রো স্টেশন, romanised: Uttora dokkhin metro steshen) is a metro station of the Dhaka Metro's MRT Line 6. This station is located in Uttara, a suburb of Dhaka. It is estimated that the station will be opened on the last week of March 2023.[2][3] It became operational from 31 March 2023.[4]

Uttara South

উত্তরা দক্ষিণ
Dhaka Metro Rail station
Station building
General information
Other namesStation 3
LocationSector 17, Uttara, Dhaka
Bangladesh
Coordinates23.84560°N 90.36314°E / 23.84560; 90.36314
Owned byDhaka Mass Transit Company Limited
Line(s) MRT Line 6 
PlatformsSide platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels3
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
AccessibleYes Disabled access
History
Opened31 March 2023 (2023-03-31)
Electrified1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Dhaka Metro Following station
Uttara Center
towards Uttara North
 MRT Line 6 Pallabi
towards Kamalapur
Location

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.[5][6]

Station

Station layout
G Path level Exit / Entry
L1 Between Rent control, station agent, metro card vending machine, crossover
L2 Side platform | Doors will open on the left Disabled access
Platform 1
Southbound		 Towards → Agargaon next station is Pallabi
Platform 2
Northbound		 Towards ← Uttara North next station is Uttara Center
Side platform | Doors will open on the left Disabled access
L2

References
  1. "Line 6 route map" (PDF). Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. "প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে নিয়ে মাত্র ১০ মিনিটে দিয়াবাড়ি থেকে আগারগাঁওয়ে মেট্রোরেল". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  3. Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary (6 June 2021). "Uttara-Agargaon Metro Rail: Launch now aimed at Dec 2022". The Daily Star.
  4. "খুলে গেলো মেট্রোর সব দ্বার". Jamuna Television (in Bengali). 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  5. "CP-03, CP-04 (Viaduct & Stations, Uttara-Agargaon)". 17 March 2020.
  6. "Construction of Metro rail and station starts today". The Asian Age. 2 August 2017.
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