New trains to Dhaka-Cox's Bazar route from Jan 10

Another pair of trains named 'Tourist Express' will run on the Dhaka-Cox's Bazar route from January 10, said the Bangladesh Railway on Monday, reports UNB.

The train will leave Dhaka at 6:15 am and reach Cox's Bazar at 3:00 pm. It will leave Cox's Bazar at 08:00 pm and reach Dhaka at 04:30 am.

According to the railway, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved the name of the train. The train will be operated by coaches newly imported from Korea.

The distance from Dhaka to Cox's Bazar is 346 kilometres. The fate of the new train will be the same as the previous train.

On this route, the fate of the Shovon chair of the intercity train has been fixed at Tk 500. The air-conditioned (AC) chair fare is Tk 961.