Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMCTL) which operates the metro rail service in the capital is expected to launch its extended service up to Kamalapur station on the new year’s day next year.
“We have completed 69 percent of works to extend the 1.16 km length of MRT Line-6 line from Motijheel to Kamalapur,” DMCTL Managing Director Faruque Ahmed said.
He said the Kamalapur section or station was expected to be opened for commuters on January 1, 2027 as works towards that end was being carried out in full swing.
DMCTL officials said as of December 2025, all 177 piles, pile caps, piers and station columns have been completed by December 2025.
They said construction of the station’s concourse roof, platform slabs, precast parapet walls, steel roof structure and steel erection were completed while 25 out of 27 spans were lifted by now.
Moreover, they said, 2800 square meters of brick wall and plaster work at the concourse level.
According to the officials they were now focused on activities including agreements for installing electrical and mechanical systems.
The total length of the MRT Line-6 line is 21.26 kilometres from Uttara’s Diabari or Uttara North to Kammalapur.
Commercial operation of the country’s maiden metro rail from Uttara to Motijheel began in November 2023.
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