A 101 km railway has been built from Chittagong's Dohazari to Cox's Bazar. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the newly-constructed Dohazari-Cox's Bazar railway and the iconic railway station on November 11, 2023. Then in December, the first train 'Cox's Bazar Express' was commercially run on the Dhaka-Cox's Bazar route. Although the direct train has started on the Dhaka-Cox's Bazar route, the train movement on the Cox's Bazar-Chittagong route has not started yet. The demand of the people of Cox's Bazar was to start the commuter train on the Cox's Bazar-Chittagong route as soon as possible. After the Cox's Bazar Express, the second train 'Parjatak Express' has been launched on the Dhaka-Cox's Bazar route. This time considering the demand of passengers, commuter train is being launched on Cox's Bazar-Chittagong route in February. Two commuter trains will run daily.
As Cox's Bazar is a tourist city, the demand of passengers on the Dhaka-Cox's Bazar route increases several times. The another train 'Parjatak Express' was added to this route on January 10. 3 thousand 130 passengers are traveling by two trains daily on Dhaka-Cox's Bazar route.
Md. Golam Rabbani, Master of Cox's Bazar Iconic Station, said that considering the needs of passengers, commuter trains will also be started on the Cox's Bazar-Chittagong route from next February.
It will meet the needs of local passengers. Parjatak Express and Cox's Bazar two commercial trains will run regularly on the Dhaka-Cox's Bazar route. Tourist Express departs from Kamalapur railway station in Dhaka at 6.15 am.
The train reaches Cox's Bazar at 3.25 pm.
From Cox's Bazar you can go to Chittagong via various stations including Ramu, Eidgaon, Dulhazara, Chakria, Harbang, Dohazari and Cox's Bazar. The commuter train will run twice daily.
He said that the Parjatak express train has a capacity of 785 passengers. It has 16 compartments including food compartments. The train will stop every Sunday. The non-AC class 'Shovan Chair' seat fare from Dhaka to Cox's Bazar is Tk 695 and the AC class 'Snigdha' seat fare is Tk 1,325 including VAT. The same fare has been fixed from Dhaka Airport station as well.
