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February 8, 2022 | Metros

Bangladesh government plans feasibility study for Chattogram metro

Work to construct a metro in the city follows instructions from the country’s prime minister.

January 6, 2022 | Passenger

20 projects to watch in 2022

Richard Clinnick profiles 20 global rail projects to watch over the next 12 months.

September 17, 2021 | Asia

Trial running begins on Dhaka metro Line 6

Plans remain in place to start operating revenue service trains next year.

April 13, 2021 | Infrastructure

Consultants appointed for Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor and Dhaka Line 5

SMEC has been appointed to provide consultancy services for both projects.

April 12, 2021 | Metros

Second 285km underground metro proposed to ease Dhaka congestion

The network would be built in addition to the metro network currently under construction.

January 20, 2021 | Asia

Dhaka circular line feasibility study completed

BANGLADESH Railway (BR) has completed a feasibility study for the planned 81km Dhaka circular railway, which is intended to ease the city’s high levels of congestion.

December 21, 2020 | Asia

India and Bangladesh restore Haldibari - Chilahati rail link

THE restored 3.5km Haldibari - Chilahati cross-border rail link between India and Bangladesh has opened following a virtual summit attended by the respective prime ministers, Mr Narendra Modi and Mrs Sheikh Hasina, on December 17.

November 19, 2020 | Asia

Dhaka awards engineering consultancy contract for Line 5 section

DHAKA Mass Transit Company (DMTCL), which oversees the implementation of the Bangladeshi capital’s metro project, has awarded a Yen 13.5bn ($US 127m) consultancy contract for the 20km MRT Line 5 North section to a Nippon Koei-led consortium of seven businesses.

July 27, 2020 | Infrastructure

India increases rail connections with Bangladesh

INDIA is increasing the number of cross-border ties with neighbouring Bangladesh, in a bid to balance China’s efforts to increase rail connectivity with its Southeast Asian neighbours.

October 16, 2019 | Metros

Bangladesh approves two additional MRT lines

BANGLADESH’S Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved two large Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) projects in Dhaka worth Taka 940bn ($US 11bn), which it says will radically transform the capital’s transport system.

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