শুক্রবার, ৩০ জানুয়ারী ২০২৬, ১০:০৪ পূর্বাহ্ন
The Bangladesh railway has started issuing tickets on Wednesday (3 January) for operating another non-stop intercity train “Parjotak Express” on the Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar route from 10 January.
Apart from counters, tickets are also being sold on the website through the railway’s ticketing partner Shohoz.com.
On this route, the fare of the Shovon seat of the non-stop intercity train has been fixed at Tk695 and air-conditioned seats at Tk1,325.
The 785 seat capacity train will depart Dhaka from Kamalapur Railway station at 6:15am and reach Cox’s Bazar at 3:00pm, making stops at the Biman Bandar and Chattogram station.
Departing Cox’s Bazar at 8:00pm, the train will reach Dhaka at 4:30am.
According to railway officials, the train will operate with a rack of 16 coaches imported from Korea.
The train service would remain closed on Sundays.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the newly developed Dohazari Cox’s Bazar rail line on 11 November last year.
The railway commenced the commercial service on the line with non-stop Cox’s Bazar Express from Dhaka on 1 December.
The distance from Dhaka to Cox’s Bazar is 346 kilometres.
