Uttara Center metro station
Metro station in Dhaka
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| Uttara North Terminus | MRT Line 6 | Uttara South towards Kamalapur | ||
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Uttara Center (Bengali: উত্তরা সেন্টার romanised: Uttora sentar) is an elevated metro station of the Dhaka Metro's MRT Line 6, located in Uttara, neighbourhood of Dhaka. The station commenced operation from 18 February 2023.[2][3][4]
History
The Uttara Centre 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.[5][6]
Transit Oriented Development Hub
There will be a TOD hub in all stations of Metro Rail Line-6. This TOD (Transit Oriented Development) hub houses shops, commercial office etc. According to authority the first TOD hub will be constructed in this station.[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 → Agargaon next station is Uttara South | |
| Platform 2 Northbound | Towards ← Uttara North | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
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References
- ^ "Line 6 route map" (PDF). Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে নিয়ে মাত্র ১০ মিনিটে দিয়াবাড়ি থেকে আগারগাঁওয়ে মেট্রোরেল". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary (6 June 2021). "Uttara-Agargaon Metro Rail: Launch now aimed at Dec 2022". The Daily Star.
- ^ "মেট্রোরেলের 'উত্তরা সেন্টার' স্টেশন খুললো". Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ "CP-03, CP-04 (Viaduct & Stations, Uttara-Agargaon)". 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Construction of Metro rail and station starts today". The Asian Age. 2 August 2017.
- ^ Hossain, Anwar (9 March 2021). "বাড়তি আয়ের জন্য খোলা হবে বিপণিবিতান". Prothom Alo (in Bengali).
