Uttara South

উত্তরা দক্ষিণ
Dhaka Metro Rail station
Station building
General information
Other namesStation 3
LocationSector 17, Uttara, Dhaka
Bangladesh
Coordinates23°50′44″N 90°21′47″E / 23.84560°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

Uttara South (Bengali: উত্তরা দক্ষিণ, romanised: Uttora dokkhin) is an elevated 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]

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. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Construction of Metro rail and station starts today". The Asian Age. 2 August 2017.
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