Metro rail services halted for 30 mins due to 'power outage'

Metro rail services resumed after around thirty minutes of disruption due to a problem in the power supply.

"Metro rail has started regular operation as the power supply is now normal," said a post on the official Facebook page of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited.

In an earlier post, it said, "Since 2:27pm, metro rail movement has been temporarily suspended due to power outage."

From around 3:00pm, the train movement became normal.

A Farmgate-bound passenger, Pinaki Roy, told The Daily Star, "The train stopped slowly at Shewrapara Station and stayed there for 8-10 minutes."

"After that, the metro rail authorities announced over the loudspeaker, asking passengers to step off the train. All passengers then got off onto the platform and waited for around 30 minutes."

"An apology announcement was later made blaming the halt for the mechanical fault," he said, adding that the train resumed service at 2:58pm.