Tickets for 3 Bangladesh-India Trains Go on Sale Today

Passenger train services between Bangladesh and India have resumed after being closed for almost two years due to the coronavirus outbreak. Tickets for three passenger trains have started selling from today (May 24).

Among them, tickets for Maitri Express and Mitali Express will be sold from Kamalapur and Chattogram railway stations in the capital. And Bondhan Express tickets will be sold from Khulna and Jessore railway stations.

Apart from this, Tickets for these trains will not be sold anywhere else. Tickets are issued daily from 9am to 5pm. One has to show the original copy of the passport and apply for the advance ticket in the given form.

Director of Bangladesh Railway (Public Relations) Nahid Hossain Khan confirmed that the sale of these tickets has started from 8 am today. The date was finalized at an inter-ministerial meeting at the Railway Building on Monday (May 23).

Train service between the two countries will start on May 29 through Maitri and Bondhan Express. Besides, Mitali Express will transport passengers from June 1.

Before the closure of rail communication in March 2020, the Maitri Express used to run five days a week on the Dhaka-Kolkata route and the Bondhan Express on the Khulna-Kolkata route twice a week. The Mitali Express will run on the Dhaka-New Jalpaiguri route four days a week.

According to Railway Ministry sources, Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan is expected to visit India later this month. At that time, he will jointly inaugurate the Mitali Express from New Delhi's Railway Building with Indian Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.