Staff Reporter :
Metro rail services were temporarily suspended on the Agargaon-Motijheel section of the capital’s Line-6 on Wednesday night due to jerking at the Farmgate point.
However, services on the Agargaon-Uttara section continued to operate as usual, according to officials from the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL).
Earlier this week, metro rail services were halted for 23 hours on the Shahbagh-Bijoy Sarani section following a fatal incident involving a pedestrian who was struck by a bearing pad that had fallen from a metro pier on October 26.
At about 9:30 p.m., the services were suspended. However, trains on the Agargaon-Uttara section were operational as usual.
Md Ahsan Ullah Sharifi, deputy project director for Public Relations of the Line-6 project, explained that the jerking between the Farmgate and Agargaon sections led to the suspension.
This incident follows a similar occurrence in 2024, when a bearing pad fell from Pier 430. In a release, DMTCL emphasised that all metro trains are being operated in compliance with safety rules and regulations.
‘Passengers are kindly requested not to be concerned about safety,’ added the release.
