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Published : 25 May 2026, 11:49 AM
Travellers headed to the north of Bangladesh are facing difficulties as three trains bound for the region have been delayed at Kamalapur Railway Station on the first day of the Eid-ul-Azha holidays.
However, Kamalapur Station Manager Md Kabir Uddin says that the railway’s Eid journeys are going largely smoothly as the other trains departed on time.
Of the 12 trains that set off from the station for different destinations as of 10am on Monday, three were delayed.
Although the Dhumketu Express was supposed to leave at 6am, it left slightly behind schedule 6:30am.
The Nilsagar Express was delayed even longer, being scheduled to start at 6:45am, but eventually leaving at 8:10am.
Although the Rangpur Express was scheduled to leave at 9:10am, it was delayed to 10:45am at the earliest.
Station Manager Kabir told bdnews24.com, "A total of 67 trains will depart from Kamalapur station for various destinations. Of these, 44 are intercity trains, the rest are mail and commuter trains."
With the start of the public holiday, platforms were packed with homebound travellers, with a particularly heavy rush heading north.
Many were seen waiting with their families in the sweltering heat.
Rangpur Express passenger Md Ashiqur Rahman, who works as a personal officer at the Supreme Court, came to Kamalapur from Mirpur with his wife, two children and younger brother's family around 7:45am.
He told bdnews24.com, "I always go home by train, but this time I am suffering more. They say it will arrive at 9:45am, but it is difficult to last in this heat. I don't actually know when the train will come."
Mizanur Rahman, another Rangpur Express passenger, said: "The holiday has started, so I am going to Rangpur with my family. But when I got to the station, I heard that the train will arrive at 2:30pm. I have to wait with my family. We are suffering."
A woman named Sharmin Sultana was headed to Rangpur for Eid with her two daughters.
She said, "Their father lives abroad, so I am going home with my two daughters. But the train has been pushed back to 2:30pm. I can’t bear this heat any longer. The girls are suffering."
Another passenger on the same train, Liza Rahman, said: "The timetable for trains to the northern region is not correct. We are suffering in the heat, but it is becoming difficult to manage the children."
Station Manager Kabir, told bdnews24.com: "So far, the Eid journeys are going smoothly. Most of the trains are leaving on time. However, the Rangpur Express is a bit late. People are drying hay at many places along the railway line, so the train has to slow down. As a result, some trains have arrived late. Those trains that are leaving half an hour to 40 minutes late are late mainly due to operational delays."
Ticketless Travel Attempts Amid Three-Tiered Security
On Monday morning, many people entered the capital's Kamalapur Railway Station without tickets amid the rush of homebound travellers.
A mobile court fined about 20 people between 6am and 9am for not purchasing tickets.
Md Nurul Amin, a 55-year-old passenger from Sylhet, came to Kamalapur from Mymensingh without a ticket. Nurul Amin, a resident of Tarakanda, was headed to work in Sylhet city.
They caught the eye of mobile court Executive Magistrate Dipan Debnath. After questioning, it was discovered Nurul Amin had also come to Kamalapur from Mymensingh without a ticket.
Dipan then handed them standing tickets from Dhaka to Sylhet for Tk 460 along with a fine of Tk 50.
He said, "So far, I have found about 20 people traveling without tickets. The traveling ticket sellers have sold standing tickets for about Tk 10,000."
However, he added that no one has been handed any additional punishment on top of the fine.
