Motijheel metro station

Not to be confused with Moti Jheel metro station.

Motijheel (Bengali: মতিঝিল, romanised: Motijhil) is an elevated metro station of the Dhaka Metro Rail's MRT Line 6. This station is located in the area of Dilkusha towards Motijheel. It commenced operations on 5 November 2023.^[2]

Motijheel মতিঝিল
Dhaka Metro Rail station
Station building
General information
Other names	Station 16
Location	Motijheel Road, Dilkusha, Dhaka Bangladesh
Coordinates	23.7280611°N 90.4190611°E / 23.7280611; 90.4190611
Owned by	Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited
Line(s)	MRT Line 2   MRT Line 6
Platforms	Side platform
Tracks	2
Bus operators	BRTC
Connections	Bus stand
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	3
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	5 November 2023 (2023-11-05)
Electrified	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Dhaka Metro Following station Dilkusha Road towards Gabtoli MRT Line 2 Arambagh towards Narayanganj Bangladesh Secretariat towards Uttara North MRT Line 6 Kamalapur Terminus
Route map Legend km Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line Tongi–Bhairab–Akhaura line 0.00 Tongi  BR  Tongi Bazar Turag River Sonargaon Janapath East Sonargaon Janapath West Diabari Bazar ↑ Tongi extension (planned) Diabari Depot 7.50 Uttara North Uttara Center Uttara South Pallabi Mirpur 11 Mirpur 10 5N Kazipara Shewrapara 19.23 Agargaon Bijoy Sarani Farmgate Karwan Bazar 5S Shahbag Dhaka University Bangladesh Secretariat Motijheel 2 28.76 Kamalapur  BR  Line 2 Line 1 Line 4 Dhaka–Jessore line Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat line Source[1] This diagram: view talk edit
Location

History

The 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.^[3][4]

In 2019, the extension of MRT Line 6 from Motijheel to Kamalapur was planned by the government.^[5] As of December 2022, the construction of the station was in progress and the installation of the roof sheet of the station was in progress.^[6] The extension work started in January 2023.^[7]

Station

Station layout

G	Path level	Exit / Entry
L1	Between	Rent control, station agent, metro card vending machine, crossover
L2	Side platform no. 1, the left door will open
	Southbound	towards → Kamalapur
	Northbound	→towards ←Bangladesh Secretariat←
	Side platform no. 2, the left door will open
L2

References

1. "Line 6 route map" (PDF). Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
2. "১২ স্টেশনে মেট্রোরেল থামবে" [Metro Rail will stop at 12 stations]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 5 November 2023. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
3. "CP-03, CP-04 (Viaduct & Stations, Uttara-Agargaon)". 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
4. "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.
5. Adhikari, Tuhin Subhra (6 December 2019). "Metro Line-6 to link Kamalapur". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
6. "প্রেসক্লাব-মতিঝিলে মেট্রোরেলের 'দুর্ভোগ' সহ্য করতে হবে আরও ১ বছর". Sarabangla.net (in Bengali). 23 December 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
7. "মেট্রোরেলের কমলাপুর অংশের নির্মাণকাজ শুরু". Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). 13 January 2023. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.