First metrorail coaches arrive in Dhaka
The coaches reached the pier near the depot at Diabari on Wednesday, said MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited.
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The work to unload the coaches from the vessels will begin on Thursday morning, he said.A barge carrying two metro rail coaches lays anchor at the jetty of Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) at Uttara’s Diabari, Apr 22, 2021. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Siddique hopes it will be possible to finish setting up the cars at the depot by Friday.
The Kobe-based Japanese company Kawasaki also shipped the second set on Wednesday, he said.
The 24 sets of 144 coaches are expected to arrive in time, the managing director of the government firm said.
Final trials will be held after tests.
