The advance sale of train tickets for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha kicked off on Sunday, with a significant rush from holidaymakers.
Like previous holidays, all tickets are being sold online this time.
Train tickets for the western region on June 12 went on sale at 8am on Sunday morning.
A large number of people hit the website of Shohoj, an online ticket partner of the Bangladesh Railway, to collect train tickets online from the early hours, according to officials of the ticket-selling platform.
The initial initial rush led to the sale of approximately 14,000 tickets within the first hour.
"Tickets of all inter-city trains are available online from Sunday on the Eid-ul-Azha expected to be celebrated on July 17 in Bangladesh," Railways Minister Md. Zillul Hakim said at a press conference at his ministry.
Earlier, the minister also held a meeting on his ministry's preparation to ensure safe journey of the travelers on Eid-ul-Azha.
Tickets for June 12 will be sold today and tickets for June 13, l4, 15, and 16 will be sold on June 3, 4, 5 and 6 respectively.
The BR will start selling advanced return tickets from June 10. On the
first day, the tickets will be sold for June 20. Return tickets for June 21, 22, 23 and 24 will be sold on June 11, 12, 13 and 14 respectively.
The sale of tickets for trains bound to the western zone will start at 8:00am while sale of tickets for east-bound trains will begin from 2:00pm.
A total of 33,500 tickets of intercity trains will be sold on the upcoming Eid.
Apart from this, 25 percent standing tickets among total general class seats will be sold at the station counters.
Railways Ministry Secretary Dr Md Humayun Kabir, BR Director General Sardar Sahadat Ali and Additional Director General (infrastructure) Md Arifuzzaman were present, among others, at the press conference.
