“Advance tickets for the Eid journey will be sold from March 3 to March 9 and all tickets will be sold online,” a BR spokesman said emerging from a decision making meeting at Railway Bhaban. He said that the BR has decided to operate five pairs of special trains in addition to the regular ones on the occasion to evade congestions in railway carriages and ease the travel. According to the BR decision tickets for trains operating in the western and eastern zones will be released at different times. “The return advance tickets too will be sold 10 days ahead of the scheduled journey,” he said. The five special train pairs will run on specific routes which wwere named as Chandpur Eid Special (1 and 2) on Chittagong-Chandpur route, Teesta Special (3 and 4) on Dhaka-Dewanganj route, Sholakia Eid Special (5, 6, 7 and 8) on Bhairabbazar-Kishoreganj and Mymensingh-Kishoreganj route and Parbatipur Eid Special (9 and 10) on Joydebpur-Parbatipur route.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha February 25, 2026 13:22 UTC