Kamalapur sees smaller crowd on last day

Kamalapur Railway Station witnessed smaller crowds yesterday, the last day of the advanced ticket sale as most tickets were sold out in the first three days.
The advanced sale began on Saturday.
Of the total number of tickets, 38 percent were remained reserved as quota for ministers, lawmakers, justices, army officers, government officials, political leaders, police and railway's serving and retired officials, while thousands fought for the rest 42 percent, with many leaving the station empty-handed after hours of wait for tickets.
Railway's Divisional Commercial Officer of Dhaka Mahbubur Rahman said the railway had a capacity of carrying 47,000 passengers from Dhaka to different destinations daily. This is only 10 percent of the total passengers who travel homes ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, he added.
Abu Taher, director general of the railway, said, “The situation will improve in the next two or three years as railway is bringing new engines and coaches to run dozens of new trains all over the country.”
Our Chittagong office reported that hundreds had queued up at Chittagong Railway Station since morning for advanced tickets. All tickets of Suborna Express and Mohanagar Probhatee were sold out within 1:00pm, said Station Manager AA Shamsul Alam.