MRT Line-1 to carry 800,000 passengers a day

UNB :
When the Mass Rapid Transit Line-1 (MRT-1), Bangladesh’s first subway system, is launched it will able to carry 800,000 passengers each day, authorities have said.
ABM Amin Ullah Nuri, secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division, said the underground metro line will have two parts: around 19.87 kilometres from Dhaka airport, which includes 16.4 kilometres underground, and around 11.36 kilometres that are elevated from Notun Bazar to Purbachal.
It will take 24 minutes to travel from Dhaka airport to Kamalapur, with breaks at 12 underground stations along the route, and 20 minutes to travel from Notun Bazar to Purbachal, with breaks at seven stations.