Metro rail starts to run as per new schedule

The country's first metro rail has been extended two more hours considering the public demand from today.

The train will be operated six hours every day from 8 am to 2pm.

Managing Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) M.A.N Siddique gave this information in a press conference last Thursday.

At present, total of nine stations are open for metro rail.

Earlier, the commuters got the service for four hours from 8:30am-12:30pm.

MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL), said the metro train will run full-fledged from July.