The metro rail authorities have adjusted the peak and off-peak hours from June 19 following the change in the schedules of public offices.

Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) Managing Director MAN Siddique came up with this information at his office at New Eskaton of the capital on Thursday afternoon.

He said the government on June 6 set the office hours from 9am to 5pm. They have changed the peak and off-peak hours according to that timing.

The schedule will be effective from June 19 after the Eid vacation, he added.

New schedule  

The government disclosed a new office schedule – 9am to 5pm – for all offices across the country on 6 June and declared to enforce it from 19 June. The DMTCL updated the metro rail schedule accordingly.  

Uttara North to Motijheel:

Special off-peak: 7:10 am to 7:30 am, trains every 10 minutes.

Peak hours: 7:31 am to 11:36 am, trains every 8 minutes.

Off-peak hours: 11:37 am to 2:24 pm, trains every 12 minutes.

Peak hours: 2:25 pm to 8:32 pm, trains every 8 minutes.

Special off-peak: 8:33 pm to 9:00 pm, trains every 10 minutes.

Motijheel to Uttara North:

Special off-peak: 7:30 am to 8:00 am, trains every 10 minutes.

Peak hours: 8:01 am to 12:08 pm, trains every 8 minutes.

Special off-peak: 12:09 pm to 3:04 pm, trains every 12 minutes.

Peak Hours: 3:05 pm to 9:12 pm, trains every 8 minutes.

Special off-peak: 9:13 pm to 9:40 pm, trains every 10 minutes.

MAN Siddique said the metro rail will not operate on Friday as it will be considered a weekly holiday.

Metro rail time has been reduced to 15 minutes instead of 12 minutes on all public holidays except Saturday.

Referring to the rise in metro rail fare, the managing director said “No decision has been taken yet. But it will increase and it could not be said before June 30.”

On average, around 1600 to 1700 passengers are using metro rail and the metro rail has a capacity of carrying 2200 passengers.

Some 3.25 lakh passengers are using metro rail now in a day and its runs 194 times.

MSH

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Washington DC, the USA capital city, this afternoon after joining the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session and other high-level side and bilateral events in New York.

She reached Washington DC from New York by road at 6pm.

On her arrival in Washington DC, Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Muhammad Imran received the premier with a flower bouquet, reports BSS.

Earlier, she left her Place of Residence, Lotte New York for Washington DC at 12:30pm.

She arrived in New York on September 17.

The prime minister will leave Washington DC for London, the capital city of the United Kingdom, on September 29.

She will stay in London till October 3.

After wrapping up her visit, the prime minister will leave London for home and scheduled to reach Dhaka on October 4.

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