POBNEWS24, Dhaka, June 25, 2023 : On the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, the Eid journey has started from Saturday (June 24) by train. On that day at 6 in the morning Eid journey started by train through Rajshahi bound Dhumketu Express. Sunday (June 25) is the second day of the Eid journey. On this day, 54 pairs of inter-city, local and two Eid special trains will run to different destinations in the country. Kamalapur Railway Station Manager Masud Sarwar informed this information.
According to railway sources, 25 percent of the total seats will be sold without seats or standing tickets this time too. These tickets are available from Dhaka, Dhaka Cantonment, Airport and Joydevpur Station. Only unseated tickets can be purchased from the station counters on the day of departure.
According to the railway authority, 54 pairs of trains are running on Eid Sunday (June 25). Among these trains, two special trains are running. Lalmoni Special and Panchagarh Special trains will depart from two Cantonment stations.
Meanwhile, trains are leaving on time from Kamalapur station since morning. So far Dhumketu Express at 6 am, Parabat Express at 6:20 am, Nilsagar Express at 6:40 am, Sonar Bangla Express at 7 am, Prabhati Express at 7:15 am, Teesta Express at 7:30 am, Mahanagar Prabhati Express at 7:45 am, Sundarban Express at 8:15 am Left Dhaka. The 9 am train Rangpur Express is waiting to leave.
About 50,000 passengers will leave Dhaka every day for the Eid trip by inter-city and local trains. Before this, the advance ticket sales of the intercity train Eid trip started from June 14. As per railway plan- 14th June tickets for 24th June are given. Similarly, advance tickets for June 25 are given on June 15, June 26 on June 16, June 17 for June 27 and June 28 are given on June 18.
On the other hand, the return advance tickets for the Eid journey train started from June 22. Accordingly, tickets for July 2 were given on June 22. Return train tickets will be given on 23 June 3 July, 24 June 4 July, 25 June 5 July and 26 June 6 July respectively.
This time advance train tickets are given 100% online, but some changes have been made in the sale of tickets. Advance tickets are offered online in two parts. Advance tickets for all intercity trains plying in the western region during Eid Yatra are available online from 8 am onwards. And from 12.00 noon, train tickets for the eastern region are sold online. The railway authorities will run a total of 8 pairs of special trains on different routes this Eid-ul-Azha.
