Dhaka City's horizon's latest addition is the Metro Rail. Not only the modernization of the city's infrastructure system, it also gives a clear message - we are proceeding to development as one of the most advanced cities that shows respect to its citizens.

After its launch today, the Metro Rail Line-6 will start taking trips from Uttara Diabari upto Agargaon. Once the full line is opened, the Metro Rail will reduce the travel time between Motijheel and Uttara to 40 minutes.

Ensuring accessibility for all people is a key part of the government's thinking and planning when designing projects such as the Metro Rail. This can bring about a positive impact on the lifestyles of people with disabilities, who have previously been restricted to limited movement, as the facilities did not support their special needs.

The entrance and ticket collection systems are designed to be user-friendly towards people with disabilities of all kinds. Automation is incorporated into each step of this process, along with voice direction and ease to access.

To add to this, each station is equipped with elevators, escalators, and restrooms that cater towards people with disabilities. Even if someone is using a wheelchair for moving or has partial or full visual impairments, he or she can access the platform quite easily.

Furthermore, the architectural designs have used special kinds of Tac Tiles, acquired locally from Khadim Ceramics a sister concern of Mirpur Ceramics, which were first developed in Japan. The tiles have bright colors and embossed design patterns on them. Bright colors help people with partial visual impairments to find the right direction for lines, ticket counters, gates and warnings. While people who use white canes for moving with full visual impairments can find directions with the patterns. Tac Tiles can have circle (also called blistering pattern) or bar type patterns. These tiles through the use of the patterns, which is similar to braille language patterns, can send signals where to step and where not with the help of the cane or even barefoot. The metro rail stations have integrated these tiles on stairs and elevator pathways. Besides, the bar pattern tac tiles give bare directions and warnings to follow a path or the edge till which you can step as footpath.

By using Tac Tiles made of ceramic material instead of concrete based knock-offs, the government has made a long-term investment in this infrastructure. The patterns on cement-based variants of this product erode easily and may pose a danger to pedestrians in the future, whereas the ceramic ones are known to be high in quality and long lasting. Khadim Ceramics themselves are an exporter of these products to Singapore.

Another crucial addition is that all trains come equipped with reserved seats for people with all types of disabilities have special seats for themselves on the train along with senior citizens and women. These initiatives ensure that the Metro Rail is in-line with the quality of public transport seen in the most highly developed nations across the world.