Seven special trains on Eid
Bangladesh Railway (BR) will introduce seven special trains for homebound passengers in the upcoming Eid.
Railway sources said the advanced tickets of all classes of inter-city trains of specific days would be sold from 8:00am to 4:00pm on September 18 to 24 under the supervision of officials, who will be given special duties.
Before Eid, the sources said, the special trains will run on Dhaka-Dewanbazar, Dhaka-Mymensingh, Dhaka-Cantonment-Rajshahi, Chittagong-Chandpur (two trains), Chittagong-Comilla and Ishwardi-Sirajganj Bazar routes.
Tickets for September 25 will be sold on September 18, tickets for September 26 on September 19, tickets for September 27 on September 20, tickets for September 28 on September 21, tickets for September 29 on September 22, tickets for September 30 on September 23 and tickets for October 1 will be sold on September 24 from Dhaka, Dhaka Airport, Joydevpur, Chittagong and Sylhet stations.
Meanwhile, the BR authorities have taken decision to operate trains on weekly holidays from September 24 till day before the Eid and from the day after Eid till October 9.
More bogies will be added to all passenger trains, including the inter-city trains, the sources said.
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