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Eid Rush for Home

Half of advance train tickets remain unsold

Kaji ash Sarkar and Rashidul Hasan
The weeklong sale of advance tickets by Bangladesh Railway (BR) ended yesterday with about half of the tickets unsold, railway sources
Meanwhile, the rush of homebound passengers at city bus stands is yet to start. It might begin from Thursday evening which is likely to continue till the Eid day, bus operators and BR sources said.
Rezaul Huq, station manager of Kamalapur Railway Station, told The Daily Star, "Ticket seekers can buy the unsold tickets anytime."
BR will operate 30 trains with a seating capacity of 12,500 from September 25 to 28 and four more special trains with a seating capacity of 2,000 from September 29 from Dhaka to various destinations, BR sources said.
Rezaul Huq said last year they carried around 25,000 standing passengers during the Eid. They would allow the same number of standing passengers to travel by train if necessary, he added.
Sources said till yesterday afternoon a total of 6,847 advance tickets were sold for September 25, while 7,435 for September 26,5,436 for September 27 and 6,670 for September 28.
Besides, 9,529 advance tickets for September 29, 10,405 for September 30 and 1,025 for OctoberOl had been sold.
BR sources said most tickets were sold at Kamalapur Railway Station. Around 500 tickets were sold at Cantonment and Airport stations and 1,000 at Joydevpur station.
A total of 34 trains will leave for various destinations from Kamalapur, Cantonment and Joydevpur stations. Of those, 17 intercity trains and 12 mail trains will be operated from Kamalapur station and five others from Cantonmentstation.
Although fixed dates for selling advance tickets had ended, train ticket seekers seemed to be happy as they did not have to struggle for tickets.
Only a few people were seen queuing up in front of ticket counter’s at Kamalapur station yesterday.
The situation at city bus terminals )vas also similar. No rush of homebound people was seen at Gabtoli, Mohakhali or Sayedabad bus terminals
Sources, however, said most advance tickets for luxurious buses on long routes are sold out. But there was no crisis of tickets of other buses on both long and short routes.
Bus owners and operators said the rush for tickets would start two or three days before the Eid day.
Although there was no rush of homebound people, the drivers of taxicabs and CNG-run three wheelers have been charging extra fares from passengers ahead of the Eid.