Staff Correspondent

The authorities yesterday operated metro train on viaduct for the second time as part of a series of test runs to be done before the new mode of public transport is formally launched in the capital.

The six-coach train was operated at 25km per hour on the main tracks twice between 9:30am and 12:56pm.

The train left the metro rail depot at Diabari and travelled to Uttara north, Uttara centre, Uttara south, and Pallabi stations before returning to the depot.

“This was the second performance test on the viaduct,” Project Manager ABM Arifur Rahman told The Daily Star yesterday. Several tests with four other trains were underway inside the depot, he said.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister on August 29 inaugurated the series of test runs. That day, he announced that the country’s first ever metro rail service will be launched in December next year.