Diabari Depot
Diabari Depot (Bengali: দিয়াবাড়ি ডিপো) is a railway depot of the Dhaka Metro Rail's MRT Line 6, located before Uttara North station in northern Dhaka. It is the first depot on the metro lines of Dhaka, having been built in 2022, when the MRT Line 6 was under construction.
Entrance of the depot area | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Diabari, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Coordinates | 23.8780112°N 90.3558237°E |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Road Transport and Highways Division |
| Operator | Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited |
| Type | At-Grade |
| Roads | Mirpur Road, Diabari Road |
| Rolling stock | Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing |
| Routes served | MRT Line 6 |
| History | |
| Opened | June 2022 |
On 27 March 2016, DMTCL signed an agreement with Tokyu Construction Ltd for the construction of the line's depot. In September 2016, works related to the construction of the line's depot at Diabari were started. Its construction was complete in June 2022. The depot area also has 52 structures including workshops, washing sheds and storage. The depot can accommodate 18 trains, which have to go north from Uttara North metro station through a 300 metres long workshop to reach the depot. The depot has an operation control center from where trains can be controlled by communicating with the train driver using radio antennas mounted on the line under the direction of the controller. An exhibition and information center was planned to be set up at the depot so that people could experience the metro services. It was opened on 6 September 2022.