Train ticket sale for July 16 today

The Bangladesh Railway (BR) will begin the sale of advance tickets for July 16 today (Sunday) to ease journey of the homebound passengers ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr, reports BSS.

Earlier the BR started selling advance tickets from July 9.

A passenger would be able to buy maximum four tickets and tickets once sold would not be refundable.

The BR will offer 14 special train services, including four special train services, namely Solakia Special, on Eid day. The special train has been named after Solakia in Kishoreganj, the venue of the largest Eid-congregation held every year.

Other special services will be operated for three days before Eid, from July 15 to July 17 and for seven days after Eid, from July 20 to July 26. The special train services will be operated on the Dhaka-Dewanganj-Dhaka route as Dewanganj Special, Chittagong-Chandpur-Chittagong route as Chandpur Special, Parbatipur-Dhaka-Parbatipur route as Parbatipur Special and Khulna-Dhaka-Khulna route as Khulna Special.

The special train service like the Solakia Express also will be operated on the Bhairab-Kishoreganj-Bhairab route and Mymensingh-Kishoreganj-Mymensingh route on the Eid day.

Meanwhile, there will be no break for the inter-city train services from July 13 to the day before Eid. Bangladesh Railway will connect 169 additional passenger coaches with the existing number of coaches. Currently the BR transports about 1,80,000 passengers a day.

But on the occasion of Eid, an initiative has been taken to transport nearly 250,000 passengers a day. The BR has taken adequate measures to prevent black-marketing of tickets.