Server glitches disrupt Eid ticket sales

The sales of advance train tickets for Eid-ul-Azha remained suspended for around one and half hours in all the railway stations, including Kamalapur Railway Station, on Saturday following a glitch in the central server, reports UNB.

Railways secretary Mofazzel Hossain said the central server broke down around 10:00am which disrupted the internet connection in all the railway stations across the country.

The ticket sales for the Eid journey on August resumed around 11:30am after the server returned to normalcy, he said.

Meanwhile, railways minister M Mazibul Hoque directed the authorities concerned to ensure no such problem occur in the future.

Railway started selling train tickets for 20 August in the morning.

A large number of people gathered at Kamalapur Railway Station on Saturday to collect tickets for their journey. The crowd was bigger than that of any other day, said witnesses.

The advance sales of train tickets started on 8 August and will end on Sunday when tickets for 21 August will be sold.