All tickets of Cox’s Bazar Express sold out within one hour

Bangladesh Railway (BR) started selling tickets of Cox’s Bazar Express, the new train on the Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar route, at around 8:00am on Thursday.

Ticket sale started at train stations and online at a time. But tickets for December 1, 2, and 3 were sold out within one hour, sources said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on November 11 inaugurated the newly-constructed Chattogram-Cox's Bazar rail line and the 700-seat luxurious train imported from South Korea.

BR is scheduled to launch the intercity train on December 1.