Agargaon | |
Native Name: | আগারগাঁও |
Type: | Dhaka Metro Rail station |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Other Name: | Station 9 |
Style: | Dhaka Metro |
Address: | Agargaon, Dhaka |
Country: | Bangladesh |
Coordinates: | 23.7777°N 90.3802°W |
Connections: | Begum Rokeya Avenue |
Bus Operators: | BRTC |
Structure: | Elevated |
Platform: | Island platform |
Levels: | 3 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Electrified: | 1,500 V DC overhead catenary |
Accessible: | Yes |
Parking: | No |
Bicycle: | No |
Owned: | Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Area Km2: | 5 |
Map State: | collapsed |
Agargaon (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.[1] [2]
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.[3] [4] It was inaugurated on 29 December 2022 and opened on the next day.[5]
G | Path level | Exit / Entry |
L1 | Between | Rent control, station agent, metro card vending machine, crossover |
L2 | Platform 1 Southbound | Towards → Motijheel (To be further extended to Kamalapur in the near future) next station is Bijoy Sarani |
Island platform | Doors will open on the right |
Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation provides shuttle bus service from the station to Motijheel via Farmgate and Shahbag.[6]