8 trains to resume service with 50pc passengers

Eight inter-city trains will resume operations with 50 per cent passengers from Sunday, maintaining all the health guidelines.

Bangladesh Railway has decided to start selling train tickets from Saturday afternoon, as the authority is set to resume operations from Sunday on a limited scale.

“We will sell 50 per cent of the tickets of each train to ensure social distancing,” an official said.

In first phase, eight inter-city trains will resume operations from Sunday and those are Subarna Express (Chattogram-Dhaka-Chattogram), Udayan Express (Chattogram-Sylhet- Chattogram), Lalmoni Express (Lalmonirhat-Dhaka-Lalmonirhat), Kalni Express (Sylhet-Dhaka-Sylhet), Chitra Express (Khulna-Dhaka-Khulna), Sonar Bangla Express (Dhaka-Chattogram-Dhaka), Bonalata Express (Chapainbayabganj-Dhaka-Chapainbayabganj) and Panchagarh Express (Panchagarh-Dhaka-Panchagarh).

Besides, nine more inter-city trains will launch operations from June 3 Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan said a decision has been taken to operate the trains on a limited scale. Initially, the trains will run till June 15. Then any new directive from the government we will be considered after June 15.


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