Editing Dhaka (section)

==== Rail ====
{{Further|Dhaka Metro Rail|Dhaka Circular Railway}}
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[[Kamalapur railway station]], situated on the northeast side of [[Motijheel]], is the largest and busiest of the city's railway stations.<ref name="Morshed">{{Cite news |last=Adnan Zillur Morshed |date=24 July 2017 |title=A quiet masterpiece that serves as Dhaka's gateway |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/perspective/quiet-masterpiece-serves-dhakas-gateway-1437574 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107103550/https://www.thedailystar.net/perspective/quiet-masterpiece-serves-dhakas-gateway-1437574 |archive-date=7 November 2022 |access-date=24 May 2021 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]}}</ref> It was designed by American architect [[Robert Boughey]] and was completed in 1969.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Habib |first1=Kishwar |title=Asian Cities: Colonial to Global |last2=De Meulder |first2=Bruno |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-90-485-2824-0 |editor-last=Bracken |editor-first=Gregory |page=230 |chapter=Rallying Towards the Nation Theatre of Nation Building in Post-colonial Dhaka |jstor=j.ctt16d69sf.14}}</ref> The state-owned [[Bangladesh Railway]] provides suburban and national services, with regular express train services connecting Dhaka with other major urban areas, such as [[Chittagong]], [[Rajshahi]], [[Khulna]], [[Sylhet]] and [[Rangpur City|Rangpur]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Marika McAdam |title=Bangladesh |publisher=Lonely Planet |year=2004 |isbn=1-74059-280-8 |page=66}}</ref> The [[Maitree Express]] and the [[Mitali Express]] provides connections from Dhaka to [[West Bengal]] in India.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary |date=4 September 2019 |title=Maitree to run 6 days a week |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/maitree-express-run-dhaka-to-kolkata-6-days-week-1795198 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525115111/https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/maitree-express-run-dhaka-to-kolkata-6-days-week-1795198 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |access-date=24 May 2021 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]}}</ref><ref name=":26">{{Cite web |date=1 June 2022 |title=Dhaka-Jalpaiguri 'Mitali Express' train starts operation |url=https://www.jagonews24.com/en/national/news/62084 |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=[[Jagonews24.com]] |language=en-US |archive-date=31 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531223208/https://www.jagonews24.com/en/national/news/62084 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Dhaka Metro Rail is a [[Rapid transit|mass rapid transit]] system serving Dhaka, [[Bangladesh]]. It is a part of the 20-year-long Strategic Transport Plan (STP) outlined by the [[Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority|Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA)]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=About MRT Line-6 |url=http://www.dmtc.org.bd/about/about-mrt-line-6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202061003/http://www.dmtc.org.bd/about/about-mrt-line-6 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |access-date=28 January 2017 |website=DHAKA MASS TRANSIT COMPANY LTD.}}</ref> The first phase of Dhaka Metro's [[MRT Line 6]] was inaugurated by [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|Prime Minister]] [[Sheikh Hasina]] and commenced commercial operations on 28 December 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 December 2022 |title=PM Hasina becomes first passenger to travel on Metro Rail with ticket |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/pm-hasina-becomes-first-passenger-travel-metro-rail-ticket-559082 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228140224/https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/pm-hasina-becomes-first-passenger-travel-metro-rail-ticket-559082 |archive-date=28 December 2022 |access-date=31 December 2022 |work=The Business Standard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Passengers gather at Dhaka metro stations at first light |url=https://bdnews24.com/metro-rail/o2sjvoesf1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229022955/https://bdnews24.com/metro-rail/o2sjvoesf1 |archive-date=29 December 2022 |access-date=2022-12-29 |work=bdnews24.com |language=en}}</ref>

The metro network is planned to contain six lines. Before the opening of the Dhaka Metro Rail, Dhaka was the biggest city in the world without a mass rapid transit system.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 January 2023 |title=Bangladesh's first metro line opens |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/metros/bangladeshs-first-metro-line-opens/63268.article |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Railway Gazette International |language=en}}</ref> Unrelated to the metro, there is also a proposal to build a [[Dhaka Subway|subway]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saifuddin |first=Saif |date=2022-01-16 |title=Dhaka Subway: Traffic woes to be eased further by 2030 |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/infrastructure/dhaka-subway-traffic-woes-be-eased-further-2030-358018 |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=The Business Standard |language=en |archive-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125013228/https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/infrastructure/dhaka-subway-traffic-woes-be-eased-further-2030-358018 |url-status=live }}</ref> and an [[Dhaka Circular Railway|orbital railway system]].<ref name="a604">{{Cite web |last=Adhikary |first=Tuhin Shubhra |date=17 January 2021 |title=Dhaka Circular Rail: Belated but bold |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/dhaka-circular-rail-belated-bold-2028905 |access-date=16 June 2024 |website=The Daily Star}}</ref>