Train, BRTC tickets go on sale Sunday

Bangladesh Railways and Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will start selling advance tickets ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest religious festival of Muslims, on Sunday for the convenience of homebound passengers. ‘Keeping Eid festival in mind, railway will sell advance ticket for five consecutive days from July 20. Important rail stations including capital Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Dinajpur will sell advance tickets,’ Director General of Bangladesh Railways Md Tofazzel Hossain said. He said apart from the sale of advance tickets, necessary measure for ‘special train service’ of five-pair trains has taken on the Eid-ul- Fitr so that home-bound people can spend their Eid with their near and dear ones amid a comfortable journey. Officials said tickets for the journey of July 24 will be sold on July 20, tickets for July 25 will be available on July 21, tickets for July 26 will be supplied on July 22, tickets for July 27 will be available on July 23 and advance tickets for July 28 will be given on July 24. They said each passenger will be allowed to procure maximum four tickets and tickets sold earlier will not be returned. Train service of ‘Maitree Expresses’ on the Dhaka-Kolkata- Dhaka route will remain suspended on July 29 and 30, railway sources added. Meanwhile, BRTC will start selling its advance tickets for the home-bound people from Sunday morning. The advance tickets will be available at Motijheel, Gazipur, Joarsahara, Uthali, Naraynaganj, Double-decker and Kollyanpur depots of BRTC. BRTC head office has also installed a ‘Help Desk’ to assist the passengers. These are: 9564361, 01818202186 and numbers of Motijheel bus depot are: 9333803, 01711578789, according to BSS.