Trains to Ply with Full Sitting Capacity from Feb 9

The railway will carry passengers by fulfilling hundred percent sitting capacities from February 9.

Fifty percent of tickets will be sold online and the rest fifty percent will be available at the counter of the railway stations.

“A gazette notification has been issued from the Director General’s office in this regard,” confirmed by Additional Director General (Operation) of Bangladesh Railway Sarder Shahadat Hossain.

The infection of corona omicron variant is now lower...inoculation programme has also been enforced, he said, adding so, decision has been taken to carry passengers on train by filling full sitting capacity.

The railway authority will ensure corona health guidelines at the railway station and also inside the compartment, said the official.

But issuance of standing tickets of the intercity train and platform ticket at the station will remain fully stopped.  Meal and bedding will be supplied to the passengers during night at the intercity passenger train by enforcing strict corona health guidelines, according to the gazette notification.

From January 15, 2022, the railway has been imposed travel restrictions by keeping fifty percent seat vacant amid rising infection of corona omicron variant across the country.