2024-04-06 11:12:12
And after a few days, the holy Eid-ul-Fitr. The Eid journey of homebound people has started around this festival. Passengers are returning home after the week-long ‘battle’ to book advance train tickets. However, every year there are complaints of suffering during the Eid journey, but this year there is no such complaint of the passengers.
Got the ticket as scheduled, and the train is leaving at the scheduled time. Even if one or two trains are delayed by a few minutes, the passengers are adapting to it. On Thursday (April 4), he was seen visiting Kamalapur railway station and talking to those concerned.
But the people concerned say that the main pressure of the Eid journey will be from tomorrow Friday morning.
Today Kamalapur railway station can be seen, a separate gate has been made to enter the station. The designated railway officials are standing in front of these temporary gates made of bamboo. It is there that the tickets of the passengers coming to the station for Eid journey are being checked and allowed inside. However, no one can enter inside without a ticket. Meanwhile, the journey is confirmed by scanning the ticket even after entering.
15 trains left Kamalapur till 9:30 am. Besides, Jamalpur Express will leave at 10 am, Ekta Express will leave at 10:15 am, Kishoreganj Express will leave at 10:30 am, Jayantika Express will leave Sylhet destination at 11:15 am, Agniveena Express will leave Tarakandi destination at 11:30 am and Agniveena Express will leave Khulna destination at 11:40 pm. Nakshikantha Express.
Dhaka Railway Station Manager Mohammad Masud Sarwar said that no schedule disruption has occurred in this Eid journey so far. No train left late today. Overall so far so good. Hope the passengers will enjoy this Eid journey.
Incidentally, on the occasion of Eid, April 4 tickets were sold on March 25 and April 5 tickets were sold on March 26. Ahead of Eid, tickets for April 7 on March 28, April 8 on March 29 and April 9 on March 30 have been sold before Eid.
Besides, tickets will be sold on April 10, 11 and 12 depending on moon sighting. 25 percent of the tickets will be available from the starting station before the start of the journey on the request of passengers.