UNB, Dhaka :Bangladesh Railway will start selling advance train tickets on July 9 for homebound people on the occasion ofEid-ul-Fitr. Railways Minister Mujibul Haque announced the decision at a press briefing at Railway Bhaban on Sunday.The tickets for July 13 will be available on July 9 and that for July 14 will be sold on July 10, tickets for July 15 will be sold on July 11, tickets for July 16 on July 12 and tickets for July 17 will be available on July 13, the minister said.The return tickets for the journey of July 20 to July 24 will be sold on July 16 to July 20 which will be available at Rajshahi, Khulna, Rangpur, Dinajpur and Lalmonirhat stations, Mujibul Haque added.He also said a total of five pairs of trains will run on four routes three days before the Eid and seven days after the Eid and two pairs of trains will be available on the eid day on Bhairab-Kishoreganj-Bhairab and Mymensingh-Kishoreganj-Mymensingh routes for the devotees who will attend eid prayers at Sholakia Eidgah.Some 169 coaches will be added to the existing ones while a total of 225 locomotives will be on operation across the country ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, he said.There will be no off-day for inter-city trains from July 13, Mujibul Haque said. The minister also said authorities concerned have been asked to maintain train schedules during the period, while law enforcing agencies will be deployed at important railway stations apart from mobile courts to check ticket black marketing.
