Advance Train Ticket Sale Ends Today

The sale of advance train tickets is underway at Kamalapur Railway Station in the capital marking the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. Today (April 27) is the last day of advance ticket sale, and authorities are selling the tickets for May 1.

If Eid is celebrated on May 3, then tickets for May 2 will be sold on 28.

Special Eid trains started their journey from Wednesday morning, sources said.

Homebound people thronged the station since the evening of the previous day.

The sale of advance train tickets began at 8:00 am which will continue till 4:00 pm. People are collecting tickets from 18 counters.

Advance ticket sales for inter-city trains began on April 23.  Tickets for April 27, 28, 29, and 30 were sold on April 23, 24, 25, and 26 respectively.

The authorities of Bangladesh Railway will start the sale of return tickets from May 1.

Fifty percent of tickets are being sold from counters and the rest online.

According to sources, people used to gather at Kamalapur Railway Station to fetch train tickets every year. For but last two years this scenario was not seen as tickets were given online due to Covid-19.