The Bangladesh Railway has launched the sale of advance train tickets for Eid-ul-Azha. The tickets for western zone routes went on sale online at 08:00 am on Sunday, reports bdnews24.com.
Mohammad Masud Sarwar, manager of Kamalapur Railway Station, said that 9,000 tickets for various inter-city trains have been sold.
"On Sunday is the first day of ticket sales. But the demand for tickets is not bad. All the tickets will be sold." Tickets for eastern zone intercity trains will go on sale at 02:00 pm. Rail Minister Md Zillul Hakim announced the advance tickets would go on sale 10 days before the Eid trips begin, at a press conference on May 28. Accordingly, sales for Jun 12 started on Sunday.
Tickets for June 13 will be sold on June 03, tickets for June 14 on June 04, tickets for June 15 on June 05 and tickets for June 16 on June 06.
At 8:15am, the Bangladesh Railway website showed that all tickets for all classes for the Rajshahi Padma Express at Rajshahi Station, the Kurigram Express at Rangpur Station, the Cox's Bazar Express at Cox's Bazar Station, and the Upaban Express at Sylhet Station had been sold out.
The Snigdha and AC berths on the Panchagarh Express, the AC seats on the Ekota Express, the Snigdha and AC berths on the Drutojan Express, the Snigdha and AC berths on the Benapole Express, the First Class berths on the Subarna Express, and the AC berths on the Turna Express were also sold out.
But tickets were still available on some other routes. All train tickets are being sold online this year. A single customer can purchase a maximum of four tickets.
The railway will sell 33,500 tickets for inter-city trains ahead of Eid. In addition, at the request of passengers, 25 per cent of unseated tickets for non-AC coaches will be available from the station of origin before the start of the journey.
Return tickets for June 20 go on sale June 10. Return tickets for June 21 will be sold on June 11, tickets for June 22 on Jun 12, tickets for June 23 on June 13, and tickets for June 24 on Jun 14.
