Railway to sell advance Eid tickets online in two slots

Bangladesh Railway will sell all advance tickets for intercity trains online ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha to reduce public suffering. BR will start selling tickets from June 14 at two different time slots to reduce the load on its server.

The West Zone will start selling tickets online at 8:00am while the East Zone will start at noon.

BR will introduce a new train on Dhaka-Chilahati route before the Eid and will operate total eight special trains during the Eid rush.

The decisions were taken at a preparatory meeting at Rail Bhaban in the capital ahead of Eid-ul-Azha with Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan in the chair. The minister is expected to brief the media on the meeting's decisions on May 30, according to meeting sources.

The sources also mentioned that the tickets for trains on June 24 will be sold on June 14 and tickets for June 25, 26, 27 and 28 will be sold on June 15, 16, 17 and 18. The Eid-ul-Azha is expected to be observed on June 29.

BR will start selling advance return tickets from June 22. On the first day, they will sell tickets for July 2. Return tickets for July 3, 4, 5 and 6 will be sold on June 23, 24, 25 and 26.

Meanwhile, BR decided to launch a new intercity train before Eid.

Currently, BR operates Nilsagar Express on the Dhaka-Chilahati route. As the train leaves Dhaka in the morning, the new train will leave Dhaka at night, according to sources.

Four shortlisted names for the train have already been sent to the prime minister for her selection of one. The train is expected to be launched at the beginning of the next month, said sources.