Metro rail formal test run begins in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Sazzad Hossain / SOPA Images
Commercial operation to begin by late 2022, says Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader. The test run of Bangladesh’s first-ever metro train service on the viaduct in the capital has begun. The formal trial operations started at around 11:54am on Sunday after the Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader inaugurated the event by waving a green flag. The minister told reporters that after a total of 14 months of performance test which includes five months of trial run, the commercial operation of metro rail in Dhaka will begin by the end of 2022. The set of the metro train, comprising of six coaches, left Diabari depot at Uttara for Pallabi station. The electric train is to cross three stations on its way Uttara North, Uttara Central, and Uttara South. As it is a mainline performance test, the train is being operated at a slow pace and without any passengers.
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