 Entrance of the depot area | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Diabari, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Coordinates | 23°52′41″N 90°21′21″E / 23.8780112°N 90.3558237°E |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Road Transport and Highways Division |
| Operator | Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited |
| Type | At-Grade |
| Roads | Mirpur Road, Diabari Road |
| Rolling stock | Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing |
| Routes served | MRT Line 6 |
| History | |
| Opened | June 2022 |
Diabari Depot (Bengali: দিয়াবাড়ি ডিপো) is a railway depot of the Dhaka Metro Rail's MRT Line 6, located before Uttara North station in northern Dhaka. It is the first depot on the metro lines of Dhaka, having been built in 2022, when the MRT Line 6 was under construction.
On 27 March 2016, DMTCL signed an agreement with Tokyu Construction Ltd for the construction of the line's depot.[1] In September 2016, works related to the construction of the line's depot at Diabari were started.[2] Its construction was complete in June 2022.[3] The depot area also has 52 structures including workshops, washing sheds and storage. The depot can accommodate 18 trains, which have to go north from Uttara North metro station through a 300 metres long workshop to reach the depot.[4] The depot has an operation control center from where trains can be controlled by communicating with the train driver using radio antennas mounted on the line under the direction of the controller.[5] An exhibition and information center was planned to be set up at the depot so that people could experience the metro services.[6] It was opened on 6 September 2022.[7]
References
- ↑ "Deal struck for part of metro rail project". The Daily Star. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ↑ Ferdous, Farhan (30 December 2022). মেট্রোরেল নির্মাণে দেশীয় একমাত্র প্রতিষ্ঠান আব্দুল মোনেম. Newsbangla24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ↑ Islam, Jahidul (7 July 2022). "Uttara-Agargaon Metro Rail work nears completion". The Business Standard. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ "Metro rail depot nears completion". The Business Standard. 17 February 2021. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ↑ Hossain, Anwar (24 December 2022). প্রযুক্তির চমক মেট্রোরেলে. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ↑ "Metro rail exhibition, info centre to open in January". The Daily Star. 17 November 2021. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ↑ "Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader along with others offers a munajat after inaugurating Metro Rail Exhibition and Information Centre at Diabari in the capital on Tuesday. Ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh ITO Naoki was present. —SUN PHOTO". Daily Sun. 7 September 2022. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.