Advance train tickets from tomorrow

With Eid-ul-Azha drawing near, Bangladesh Railway will start selling advance tickets from tomorrow while private launch operators will sell cabin tickets from Monday.
Although private bus operators started selling advance tickets on Wednesday, the state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation will start selling them from Monday.
The launch operators took the decision yesterday at a meeting at the shipping ministry with Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan in the chair.
"Only cabin tickets will be sold in advance. Tickets for deck passengers will be sold just before boarding," said Badiuzzaman Badal, senior vice president of Bangladesh Inland Waterways (Passenger Carriers) Association.
The meeting decided to ask the authorities concerned not to set up any makeshift cattle market on roads adjacent to launch terminals. The minister directed the launch operators not to overcharge passengers and overload launches.
Initiatives will be taken to limit ferrying of trucks and vans, except those carrying essential goods, to facilitate the movement of passenger buses, said the minister.
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation will decide on Sunday whether to introduce Eid-special services of its steamers.
Train tickets for October 22 to October 26 will be sold from Saturday to Wednesday, said Sardar Shahadat Ali, divisional railway manager (Dhaka).
Bangladesh Railway will run six special trains from and to the Kamalapur railway station between three days before the Eid day and after, he said.
BRTC will offer special bus services from October 22 to two days after the Eid day. A total of 420 special buses will be run during the period, said Nikhil Ranjan Roy, director (administration and operation) of the BRTC.
Private bus operators said passengers are desperately looking for tickets for three days between October 23 and 25.
"Most of the tickets for the three days have been sold in two days," said Samad Mandal, general manager of Hanif Paribahan.