Dhaka Metro Rail will start carrying passengers on Fridays from this week as per the demand of the travellers.

It will run from 3:30pm to 9:40pm on Fridays, confirmed Khondaker Ehteshamul Kabir, company secretary of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), to The Daily Star.

According to a DMTCL office order issued yesterday, trains will leave Uttara North Station for Motijheel between 3:30pm and 9:00pm every Friday.

Trains from Motijheel to Uttara North will be available from 3:50pm to 9:40pm on Fridays.

No decision has been made yet regarding the reopening of Kazipara metro station, which was damaged on July 19 during the quota reform movement.

Metro rail operations were halted after miscreants vandalised the ticket vending machines and card-punching entry points of Kazipara and Mirpur-10 stations. The services resumed on August 25 after a 37-day closure.