Bangladesh Railway (BR) will operate seventeen special trains for easy transportation of devotees on the occasion of Biswa Ijtema.
Md Kamrul Ahsan, Director General of the BR, said this at a press conference held at Rail Bhaban in Dhaka at 11:30am on Tuesday. Railways Minister Md Zillul Hakim was present during this time.
As per the schedule, two juma special trains will be operated on Dhaka-Tongi-Dhaka route on February 2 and February 9 (Friday). A special train will be operated on Jamalpur-Tongi route on February 3 and February 10.
On the day of Akheri monajat on February 4 and 11, a total of ten special train services will be operated on Dhaka-Tongi-Dhaka route.
Besides, two special trains will run on Isharwardi-Dhaka-Ishwardi route and one each on Tongi-Mymensingh and Tongi-Tangail routes.
Notably, the first phase of the Ijtema is scheduled to be held on 2-4 February while the second one on 9-11 February on the bank of the Turag river in Tongi.