Uttara North metro station

Uttara North (Bengali: উত্তরা উত্তর, romanised: Uttora uttor) is an elevated metro station of the Dhaka Metro Rail's MRT Line 6.^[2] This station is located in Uttara, a suburb of Dhaka. It was opened on 29 December 2022.^[3][4]

Uttara North উত্তরা উত্তর
Dhaka Metro Rail station
Station building
General information
Other names	Station 1
Location	Avenue 2, Sector 15, Uttara, Dhaka Bangladesh
Coordinates	23°52′10″N 90°22′03″E / 23.8693551°N 90.3674846°E / 23.8693551; 90.3674846
Owned by	Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited
Line(s)	MRT Line 6
Platforms	Side platform
Tracks	2
Bus operators	BRTC
Connections	Sonargaon Janapath
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	3
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	29 December 2022 (2022-12-29)
Electrified	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Dhaka Metro Following station Terminus MRT Line 6 Uttara Center towards Kamalapur
Route map Legend future extensions to Savar Upazila & Tongi km Diabari Depot 0.0 Uttara North Uttara Center Uttara South Pallabi Mirpur 11 Mirpur 10 5N Kazipara Shewrapara 11.73 Agargaon Bijoy Sarani Farmgate Karwan Bazar 5S Shahbag Dhaka University Bangladesh Secretariat Motijheel 2 21.26 Kamalapur  Hub  Line 2 Line 1 Line 4 Dhaka–Jessore line Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line Source^[1] This diagram: view talk edit
Location

History

The Uttara North 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. 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.^[5][6] It was inaugurated on 28 December 2022 and opened for use on the next day.^[7]

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
	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards → Motijheel next station is Uttara Center
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Train Terminates Here
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Connectivity

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation provides shuttle bus service from the station to House Building.^[8]

References

1. "Line 6 route map" (PDF). Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
2. Adhikary, Tuhin Shubhra (23 April 2022). "A peek into Uttara north metro rail station". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
3. Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary (6 June 2021). "Uttara-Agargaon Metro Rail: Launch now aimed at Dec 2022". The Daily Star. from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
4. "প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে নিয়ে মাত্র ১০ মিনিটে দিয়াবাড়ি থেকে আগারগাঁওয়ে মেট্রোরেল". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
5. "CP-03, CP-04 (Viaduct & Stations, Uttara-Agargaon)". 17 March 2020. from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
6. "Construction of Metro rail and station starts today". The Asian Age. 2 August 2017. from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
7. "Metro rail now open for public". The Daily Star. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
8. Adhikary, Tuhin Shubhra (18 December 2022). "Metro Rail: 50 double-decker buses to provide shuttle service". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 December 2022.