Eid advance train ticket sales begin

Eid advance train ticket sale begins on 1 JulyFile Photo

The sale of advance train tickets for Eid-ul-Azha began on Friday morning.

Bangladesh Railway started selling advance train tickets for 5 July at six places in Dhaka—Kamalapur, Kamalapur suburban platform, Airport rail station, Tejgaon railway station, Cantonment, Fulbaria (Old Railway Station) -- and six places in Joydevpur at 8:00am.

Ticket sales also began at 8am through the ‘Rail Sheba’ mobile app and e-ticketing platform on the internet. Ticket sales at the railway stations will continue till 4:00pm daily.

Besides, the advance tickets for 6, 7, 8, and 9 July will be available on 2, 3, 4, and 5 July respectively.

On the other hand, the sale of return tickets will begin on 7 July. The return tickets for 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 July will be available on 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 July respectively.

Each passenger is eligible buy a maximum of four tickets.