Sale of advance train tickets begins
Bangladesh Railways on Wednesday started selling advance train tickets for the Eid-ul-Fitr holidaymakers.
Sale of train tickets began at Kamalapur railway station in Dhaka and Chittagong railway station in the morning.
Railway sources said one person will be allowed to buy maximum four tickets.
Tickets for July 1 will be available on June 22 while that for July 2 will be sold on June 23, for July 3 on June 24, for July 4 on June 25 and for July 5 on June 26.
Besides, the tickets for return journey on July 8 will be available on July 4, tickets for July 9 on July 5, for July 10 and 11 on July 7 and for July 12 on July 8.
Earlier on June 15, railways minister Md Mazibul Hoque announced the tickets selling schedule at a press briefing at Railway Bhaban, United News of Bangladesh reports.
While briefing, the minister said a total of seven pairs of special trains will run on several routes from July 3 to July 5 and from July 8 to July 14.
These trains are Dewanganj Special (Dhaka-Dewanganj-Dhaka), Chandpur Special-1 and Chandpur Special-2 (Dhaka-Chittagong), Parbatipur Special (Parbatipur-Dhaka-Parbatipur), Khulna Special (Khulna-Dhaka-Khulna).
Besides, two trains — Kishoreganj Special-1 (Bhairab-Kishoreganj-Bhairab) and Kishoreganj Special-2 (Mymensingh-Kishoreganj-Mymensingh) — will operate on the Eid day for Sholakia Eid congregation.
The government has decided to press into service one pair of direct trains on the Dhaka-Chittagong route before Eid.
The train schedule will be known later.
Meanwhile, the government has cancelled the weekly holiday of the railway staff and employees of all inter-city trains from July 1 till one day before the Eid-ul-Fitr.
He said there are currently 692 coaches and 170 more will be added before Eid.
Besides, the GRP, RNB, BGB and local police and RAB have been asked to keep vigil for preventing tickets sale on black market.
However, mobile courts led by deputy commissioners concerned will conduct drives to check scalping of tickets.
News Courtesy: www.newagebd.net
