Advance sale of train tickets for Eid begins

Bangladesh Railway began sale of advance train tickets on Wednesday morning on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.

Advance tickets are being sold at five different spots including Kamalapur Railway Station.

The ticket sale will continue till May 26 while the sale of return tickets will begin on May 29 and continue till June 2.

Tickets for May 31 journey is available today while for June 1 on May 23, for June 2 on May 24, for June 3 on May 25 and for June 4 on May 26.

Besides, the return tickets for June 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 will be available on May 29, 30, 31, June 1 and 2 respectively.

This year 50% of the tickets will be sold on a mobile app.

There will be six special trains for Eid, which will travel from Dhaka on different district routes, starting from June 2 and operating until June 4. The trains will return to Dhaka from different districts on dates - June 6 to June 12.