Bangladesh Railway starts selling half of intercity train tickets at stations from today

Bangladesh Railways (BR) has started selling half the tickets of intercity trains through station counters from this morning while the rest is being sold online.

All the tickets of intercity trains till September 20, however, were already sold out via online, as BR sells advance tickets of intercity trains 10 days before the journey date, said Masud Sarwar, Kamalapur Station manager.

So, many people who came to the station to buy today's tickets, returned with disappointment.

Tickets for September 21 were sold out today, said Shawkat Zamil Mohsin, division commercial officer of BR.

However, they were selling tickets of all local, mail and commuter trains from the station today, as they are not being sold online, he said.

After resumption of train services from May 31 on limited scale, BR has been selling all tickets of intercity trains through online and a mobile app.

Although authorities have started selling all tickets of local, mail and commuter trains at the stations from September 5, they started selling 50 percent tickets of the intercity trains from the counters today.

BR will continue to operate trains at half capacity to ensure social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic.

BR is gradually increasing trains in its fleet in a bid to normalise services. A total of 218 trains will come into operation by September 16. The remaining 144 mail and local trains will resume operation gradually.