Total of 144 railcars to operate from 2022 in Dhaka under $373m contract
The train manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industry, pictured, will run on Dhaka's MRT Line-6, which has a total length of about 20 kilometers and connects the center of the city with areas to the north and south. (Photo courtesy of the company)
TOKYO -- Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced on Thursday that it has started shipping railcars that will serve Dhaka's first-ever mass rapid transit (MRT) system.
Kawasaki Heavy has shipped the first of 24 trains from the Japanese port of Kobe to Bangladesh.
