Advance train ticket sale for July 4 starts

Advance train ticket sale for July started for homebound people ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr on Sunday.

Sale of train tickets began at Kamalapur railway station in Dhaka in the morning and will be continued until 5pm where one person will be allowed to buy maximum four tickets.

Tickets for July 5 will be available on June 26.

During his visit this reporter saw people from all walks of life waiting in long queues for collecting tickets for the journey on July 4.

Besides, the tickets for return journey on July 8 will be available on July 4, tickets for July 9 on July 5, for July 10 and 11 on July 7 and for July 12 on July 8.

Earlier on June 15, Railways Minister M Mazibul Hoque announced the tickets selling schedule at a press briefing at Railway Bhaban
 
The GRP, RNB, BGB and local police and Rab have been asked to keep vigil for preventing tickets sale on black market.
 
However, mobile courts led by deputy commissioners concerned will conduct drives to check scalping of tickets.