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Uttara South উত্তরা দক্ষিণ
Dhaka Metro Rail station
Station building
General information
Other names	Station 3
Location	Metro Circle, Artist Quamrul Hassan Road, Sector 17, Uttara, Dhaka Bangladesh
Coordinates	23°50′44″N 90°21′47″E / 23.84560°N 90.36314°E / 23.84560; 90.36314
Owned by	Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited
Line(s)	MRT Line 6
Platforms	Side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	3
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	31 March 2023 (2023-03-31)
Electrified	1,500 V DC overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Dhaka Metro Following station Uttara Centertowards Uttara North MRT Line 6 Pallabitowards Kamalapur
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 This diagram: view talk edit
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Uttara South (Bengali: উত্তরা দক্ষিণ, romanised: Uttora dokkhin) is an elevated metro station of the Dhaka Metro's MRT Line 6. This station is located in Uttara, a neighbourhood of Dhaka. It is estimated that the station will be opened on the last week of March 2023. It became operational from 31 March 2023.

History

The Uttara South 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 was sent 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.

Station

Station layout

G	Path level	Exit / Entry
L1	Between	Rent control, station agent, metro card vending machine, crossover
L2	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards → Agargaon next station is Pallabi
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Uttara North next station is Uttara Center
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

References

1. "Line 6 route map" (PDF). Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
2. "প্রধানমন্ত্রীকে নিয়ে মাত্র ১০ মিনিটে দিয়াবাড়ি থেকে আগারগাঁওয়ে মেট্রোরেল". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
3. Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary (6 June 2021). "Uttara-Agargaon Metro Rail: Launch now aimed at Dec 2022". The Daily Star.
4. "খুলে গেলো মেট্রোর সব দ্বার". Jamuna Television (in Bengali). 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
5. "CP-03, CP-04 (Viaduct & Stations, Uttara-Agargaon)". 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
6. "Construction of Metro rail and station starts today". The Asian Age. 2 August 2017.

• Transport in Uttara
• Dhaka Metro stations
• Railway stations in Bangladesh opened in 2023
• MRT Line 6