Dhaka Subway is an underground urban rail network being planned in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

, the capital city of

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

, by the

Bangladesh Bridge Authority Bangladesh Bridge Authority is an autonomous Government body responsible for the construction and maintenance of Bridges, Tunnels, Flyovers, Over Passes, Causeway and Subway in Bangladesh. It is headquartered at Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is under the M ...

. Dhaka Subway was conceived as a separate transport system to the proposed Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit network, commonly known as

Dhaka Metro Rail Dhaka Metro Rail ( bn, ঢাকা মেট্রোরেল), colloquially known as the Dhaka Metro ( bn, ঢাকা মেট্রো) is a mass rapid transit (MRT) system serving Dhaka, Bangladesh. Together with the city's planned sub ...

. In spite of the fact that the Dhaka Subway and the

are separate systems being planned by different authorities, it is expected that they will be incorporated into a single mass transit system at some point in the future.

History

In August 2018, the BBA appointed a Spanish consulting company to conduct the feasibility study and preliminary design of Dhaka Subway. Initial plan was to construct a subway network of 90km, consisting of four lines, with stations spaced at an average distance of approximately one kilometer. After some feasibility studies, the project was expanded to cover the entire Dhaka with a total length of 238 kilometers. The new routes are yet to be finalized. A number of geotechnical and geophysical surveys and investigations are to be carried out at a total of 250 locations, with boreholes being drilled at 180 of these. Boreholes are to be drilled at proposed station locations, with seismic CPTu tests to be carried out at intermediate locations between stations. Traffic and transportation surveys, including household interviews, traffic counts, roadside origin/destination surveys, travel time and delay studies, and public transport surveys are also being carried out. A plan reported in March 2021 said the project is proceeding and will have 11 lines with a total length of . The first subway expected to be built is a route long between Tongi and Jhilmil at a cost of $8 billion. Three more routes are likely to be built by 2030, with the entire network completed by 2041. Questions were raised about the suitability of the subway due to monsoonal flooding and the lack of urban planning.

Routes

Under Construction/planned

References

External links

Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA)Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA)Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd. (DMTCL)Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
{{Rapid transit in Asia Bangladesh Railway Public transport in Bangladesh Transport in Dhaka Proposed public transport in Asia

History

Routes

Under Construction/planned

See also

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