The Dhaka metro rail service started again at 11:10 am on Monday, after authorities restored a loosened bearing pad near Farmgate. The pad on Pillar 433 collapsed yesterday, killing one person and wounding two more. Before reopening, DMTCL inspected all bearing pads along the route. A similar occurrence was reported in the same region in September 2024.
Train services on the whole operating stretch of this metro line restarted at approximately 11:10 am, after Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), the operator of the Dhaka metro rail, declared that services will resume uninterrupted at 11 am.
Load-bearing pads are constructed of an elastomeric rubber-steel composite and are installed between the concrete deck (the bridge that transports trains) and the supporting piers.
Previously, the bearing pad on pillar 433 at Farmgate station had been repaired after it became displaced yesterday, resulting in the death of a pedestrian and the suspension of metro operations on one stretch.
A DMTCL official previously said that “The dislodged bearing pad has been restored, and a trial run is underway. The Farmgate station will reopen soon. Once the experiment is over, metro operations will restart.”
“We have also examined other bearing pads along the line to make sure there are no comparable problems,” he continued. Trains will operate on the full line after the testing is over.
A load-bearing pad on pillar 433 next to the Farmgate metro station dislodged and fell yesterday at approximately 12:20 pm, killing one person and injuring two more. The incident also caused hours of service disruption.
A bearing pad on pillar 430 close to that same station collapsed from the metro structure on September 18, 2024, just one year ago. Despite the fact that there were no casualties at the time, operations were halted for about eleven hours.
