Staff Reporter :
For going homes to celebrate the holy Eid-ul-Azha, passengers on Sunday thronged for advance tickets in the railway station, bus and launch terminals of the city.
On the third day, yesterday of advance railway tickets for August 29 were sold yesterday.
Advance tickets for August 30 and 31 will be sold on August 21 and 22 respectively.
From 23 counters, advance tickets are being sold at Kamalapur Railway Station in the city. Those who got tickets their joys know no bound.
According to railway administration, some 25000 tickets will be sold everyday and one can buy maximum four tickets at a time. Sixty-five per cent of tickets will be sold to the members of the public
while 35 per cent have been kept reserved for members of different professional bodies and elite.
On Sunday dawn, passengers stood in queues for advance tickets for going home to celebrate the holy Eid with their near and dear ones.
Sharmin Sultana, who came to collect advance tickets for traveling by Rajshahi Silk City lamented, there is one booth only for female passengers. As such it was hard for me to get ticket.
“More booth may reduce our sufferings,” she mentioned.
There are higher demands for air-conditioned coaches and first class cabins.
Nasrin Begum came to purchase four tickets to go to Joypurhat on August 29 told the New Nation though she demanded four tickets in a single cabin, it was not available.
“I have got four first class tickets and feel happy,” Nasrin said.
The condition of roads being vulnerable due to floods, passengers are preferring railway journey this year.
Zillur Rahman who came to purchase tickets for going to Rangpur told the New Nation that due to recent flood, road has been damaged in the northern parts of the country.
“I got four tickets of August 29 after long waiting in the morning and got it finally at 9:00 am,” Zillur said.
Home bound passengers are preferring train to bus.
Meanwhile, bus counters are also witnessing huge crowd for tickets ahead of the holiday.
The bus tickets are scarce for mysterious reason at Gabtoli, Mohakhali and Sayedabad. Demand for bus tickets of August 30 and 31 is high, according to the Bus Owners Samity, but who knows who will go.
The black marketers are apparently absent this year. None was arrested on the issue till date.
Tickets of waterways for home goers started from Sunday at the Sadarghat launch terminal in the city.
For home goers of Southern districts 10 launch operators’ companies out of 32 launch operators’ are selling ticket.
Very few passengers had collected VIP, first and second class cabin tickets of launch on the first day of ticket sales.
For going homes to celebrate the holy Eid-ul-Azha, passengers on Sunday thronged for advance tickets in the railway station, bus and launch terminals of the city.
On the third day, yesterday of advance railway tickets for August 29 were sold yesterday.
Advance tickets for August 30 and 31 will be sold on August 21 and 22 respectively.
From 23 counters, advance tickets are being sold at Kamalapur Railway Station in the city. Those who got tickets their joys know no bound.
According to railway administration, some 25000 tickets will be sold everyday and one can buy maximum four tickets at a time. Sixty-five per cent of tickets will be sold to the members of the public
while 35 per cent have been kept reserved for members of different professional bodies and elite.
On Sunday dawn, passengers stood in queues for advance tickets for going home to celebrate the holy Eid with their near and dear ones.
Sharmin Sultana, who came to collect advance tickets for traveling by Rajshahi Silk City lamented, there is one booth only for female passengers. As such it was hard for me to get ticket.
“More booth may reduce our sufferings,” she mentioned.
There are higher demands for air-conditioned coaches and first class cabins.
Nasrin Begum came to purchase four tickets to go to Joypurhat on August 29 told the New Nation though she demanded four tickets in a single cabin, it was not available.
“I have got four first class tickets and feel happy,” Nasrin said.
The condition of roads being vulnerable due to floods, passengers are preferring railway journey this year.
Zillur Rahman who came to purchase tickets for going to Rangpur told the New Nation that due to recent flood, road has been damaged in the northern parts of the country.
“I got four tickets of August 29 after long waiting in the morning and got it finally at 9:00 am,” Zillur said.
Home bound passengers are preferring train to bus.
Meanwhile, bus counters are also witnessing huge crowd for tickets ahead of the holiday.
The bus tickets are scarce for mysterious reason at Gabtoli, Mohakhali and Sayedabad. Demand for bus tickets of August 30 and 31 is high, according to the Bus Owners Samity, but who knows who will go.
The black marketers are apparently absent this year. None was arrested on the issue till date.
Tickets of waterways for home goers started from Sunday at the Sadarghat launch terminal in the city.
For home goers of Southern districts 10 launch operators’ companies out of 32 launch operators’ are selling ticket.
Very few passengers had collected VIP, first and second class cabin tickets of launch on the first day of ticket sales.
