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200 AC rail coaches soon

e-ticketing service launched

Staff Correspondent
The government will buy 200 air-conditioned railway coaches from Malaysia within a year to enhance the country's rail service capacity, Communications Minister Obadiul Quader said yesterday.
The coaches will be for narrow track {metre gauge), he said, and an expert team is expected to visit Bangladesh next month to ascertain their compatibility with the local rail track.
An agreement between the two governments in this regard will follow a visit of a Bangladeshi team to Malaysia, said Obadiul Quader, who is also in charge of the railways ministry.
The minister talked to the media about the plan after Malaysian prime minister's special envoy Dato Seri S Samy Vellu called on him at Railway Division.
Asked if Bangladesh government is going to spend for the railway cars with its own money or with Malaysian loan, Quader said it was not yet settled.
Malaysia has offered such coaches, while Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with it on Padma Bridge funding this April, he said.
The minister described the railway sector as "limping" with age-old tracks, coaches and engines.
Of 2,835 kilometres of rail track, 2,200 kilometres are metre gauge.
Dato Seri, who is heading a 26-member Malaysian delegation, will visit Bangladesh late next month again to discuss final agreement on proposed Padma bridge project and construction of a monorail in Dhaka, he said.
Asked about the idea of monorail and where it might be built, the minister said Malaysia was interested in developing a metro rail outofproposedthe three plans.
Unlike metro rail, monorail is a rail-based transportation system where trains run on a single rail, which acts as its sole support and its guideway.
About World Bank's financing for Padma Bridge, Quader reiterated that the government would take its money if the bank started the loan process within the current tenure. E-TICKET SERVICE
Bangladesh Railway formally launched e-ticketing service yesterday, enabling aspiring travellers to buy tickets online.
One could pay for tickets online with a Visa card, Master card or credit or debit cards of any bank.
On successful completion of the purchase subject to availability of desired seats, one will be able to get a printout of the ticket from his or her email address.
Obaidul Quader said e-ticketing was aimed at preventing railway tickets' sale on black market.
However, only 10 percent of the total tickets will be available online. The amount has been excluded from 25 percent tickets, which were purchasable with mobile phone ticket service of designated operators.
One has to visit www.esheba.cnsbd.com or www.railway.gov.bd forpurchasinge-tickets.