Md Joynal Abedin, official of a private bank, who came to the station at 5 in the morning, got his ticket by 10am. Expressing joy, he told bdnews24.com, “I thought that I might have to wait at least till midday to get the ticket. Feeling very happy and a bit surprised too.”No crowd was spotted in front of the counters selling tickets for Chittagong’s Turna Nishitha, Sonar Bangla Express, Chattola Express and Noakhali Upakul Express after 9am. Counter selling tickets to Mohanganj saw little crowd in the first two hours but became void later, Md Al Amin, a salesman of the counter told bdnews24.com. Railway officials said 140 coaches have been added to existing 1,006 coaches while 18 engines have been added to 202 engines that operate regularly.

Source: bd News24 September 02, 2016 09:33 UTC