Agargaon metro station

Route map
	Legend
	Narayanganj–Bahadurabad
	Ghat line
	Tongi extension
	(planned)
	Narayanganj–Bahadurabad
	Ghat line
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Agargaon

আগারগাঁও
Agargaon; আগারগাঁও
Dhaka Metro Rail station
	Exterior of Agargaon metro station
General information
Other names	Station 9
Location	Agargaon, Dhaka; Bangladesh
Coordinates	23°46′40″N 90°22′49″E / 23.7776907°N 90.3802056°E
Owned by	Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited
Line(s)	MRT Line 6
Platforms	Side platform
Tracks	2
Bus operators	BRTC
Connections	Begum Rokeya Avenue
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	3
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	29 December 2022
Electrified	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Services
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Narayanganj–Bahadurabad
	Ghat line
	Tongi extension
	(planned)
	Narayanganj–Bahadurabad
	Ghat line
	Source
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;
Location
Location

Agargaon (Bengali: আগারগাঁও, romanised: Agargao) is an elevated metro station of the Dhaka Metro's MRT Line 6. It is located in Agargaon, and was opened on 29 December 2022.^[2]^[3]

History

The Agargaon 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 document was sent to the ministry 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.^[4]^[5] It was inaugurated on 29 December 2022 and opened on the next day.^[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
	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards → Train Terminates Here (To be further extended to Kamalapur* in the near future)*
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Uttara North next station is Shewrapara
	Side platform \| Doors will open on the left
L2

Connectivity

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation provides shuttle bus service from the station to Motijheel via Farmgate and Shahbag.^[7]

References

^ "Line 6 route map" (PDF). Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
^ Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary (6 June 2021). "Uttara-Agargaon Metro Rail: Launch now aimed at Dec 2022". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ "প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে নিয়ে মাত্র ১০ মিনিটে দিয়াবাড়ি থেকে আগারগাঁওয়ে মেট্রোরেল". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
^ "CP-03, CP-04 (Viaduct & Stations, Uttara-Agargaon)". 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "Construction of Metro rail and station starts today". The Asian Age. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "মেট্রোরেলে চড়তে ভিড়, যাত্রীদের আনন্দ-উচ্ছ্বাস". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ Adhikary, Tuhin Shubhra (18 December 2022). "Metro Rail: 50 double-decker buses to provide shuttle service". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

External links

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[1] "Line 6 route map" (PDF). Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

[2] Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary (6 June 2021). "Uttara-Agargaon Metro Rail: Launch now aimed at Dec 2022". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

[3] "প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে নিয়ে মাত্র ১০ মিনিটে দিয়াবাড়ি থেকে আগারগাঁওয়ে মেট্রোরেল". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.

[4] "CP-03, CP-04 (Viaduct & Stations, Uttara-Agargaon)". 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[5] "Construction of Metro rail and station starts today". The Asian Age. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[6] "মেট্রোরেলে চড়তে ভিড়, যাত্রীদের আনন্দ-উচ্ছ্বাস". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[7] Adhikary, Tuhin Shubhra (18 December 2022). "Metro Rail: 50 double-decker buses to provide shuttle service". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

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v t e Line 6
Stations	Uttara North Uttara Center Uttara South Pallabi Mirpur 11 Mirpur 10 Kazipara Shewrapara Agargaon Bijoy Sarani Farmgate Kawran Bazar Shahbagh Dhaka University Bangladesh Secretariat Motijheel Kamalapur
Depot Diabari Depot

v t e Dhaka Metro
Lines	MRT Line 1 MRT Line 2 MRT Line 3 MRT Line 4 MRT Line 5 MRT Line 5N MRT Line 5S MRT Line 6
Others	History of Dhaka Metro Rail List of Dhaka Metro Rail stations List of Dhaka Metro Rail depots and yards
Management Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited