3,857 passengers took the metro today

A total 3,857 passengers journeyed on the metro today, the first day the country's metro rail service was opened to public.

The metro rail completed 50 trips, 25 each from both the Agargaon and Uttara ends, between 8:00am and 12noon, MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd, responsible for operating metro rails, told The Daily Star.

Of the passengers, 3,756 used a single-journey pass, 99 used multiple-use MRT pass and two used the rapid pass for the service, he added.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inaugurated the metro rail service, which was opened to public today.