Electric ferries on the Buriganga. No diesel, no smoke, no engine note over the water. Drag your finger across the river and make your own crossing.
Litres of diesel. The batteries charge from solar panels on the terminal roof at Sadarghat.
Minutes to cross. The same as the wooden boats, which is the point. Nobody has to change how they live.
Minutes between boats, from half past five in the morning until half past eleven at night.
Crossings · painted on the ghat wall
Every 12 minutes · 05:30 to 23:30৳ 20
Every 15 minutes · 06:00 to 22:00৳ 20
Every 20 minutes · 06:00 to 21:00৳ 25
Download the timetableBeside the ticket window
Buy at the window, cash or bKash, and show the ticket to the deckhand as you step on. The times on the wall are leaving times. Each boat seats 48, with a lifejacket under every seat, and the ramp sits level with the pontoon for a wheelchair or a loaded cycle.