Advance train tickets for Eid travels go on sale from June 12

Advance train tickets for Eid-ul-Fitr holidaymakers will go on sale from June 12.

The tickets for June 21 journeys will be sold on that day, Railways Minister Mazibul Hoque said at a press conference at the Rail Bhaban on Thursday.

Revealing the sale schedule, he said the advance tickets will be sold at Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka and Chittagong Railway Station from June 12 to 16. The sale will start at 8am every day.

There will be 23 counters, including one for women, at Kamalapur.

Eid ticket sale schedule:

Sale date	Travel date
June 12	June 21
June 13	June 22
June 14	June 23
June 15	June 24
June 16	June 25

For return journeys, the tickets will be available at Rajshahi, Khulna, Rangpur, Dinajpur, and Lalmonirhat stations from June 19.

Return journey ticket sale schedule:

Sale date	Travel date
June 19	June 28
June 20	June 29
June 21	June 30
June 22	July 1
June 23	July 2

The government has fixed June 25 to 27 the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays this years. The Eid is expected to fall on June 26, subject to the appearance of moon.

Minister Mazibul said Bangladesh Railway has cancelled holidays of its officials to ensure undisrupted service for the Eid passengers.

He said additional measures have been taken to ensure security.

“We will keep an eye so that no schedule disaster takes place. We will try our best. No disaster happened the last time. We hope nothing will happen this time too,” he said.

It was said in the press conference that 171 new coaches have been added to the trains for the Eid journeys.

A total of 229 engines, including 21 new ones, will pull 1,332 coaches for the Eid travel.

Bangladesh Railway Director General Md Amzad Hossain and officials of law-enforcing agencies were also present at the conference.