Online Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the much-desired metro rail service from Agargaon-Motijheel section.

For the inauguration, she reached Agargaon Metro Rail Station at 2:25pm on Saturday and opened the Agargaon-Motijheel section at 2:30pm.

Later, the Premier bought a ticket from the station and traveled to Motijheel.

This extends the country’s first-ever metro rail’s service from its starting point at Uttara to Motijheel.

Commuters will be able to take the train from Uttara to Motijheel from Sunday (November 5).

Initially, metro rail on Agargaon-Motijheel section will be operated for four hours with three stations at Farmegate, Secretariat and Motijheel. Rest of the stations will be opened in phases.

Earlier on December 28, the Prime Minister inaugurated the first phase of the first ever metro rail from Uttara to Agargaon.