Railway starts selling 'Parjotak Express' tickets
The fare of Shovon seat of the Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar train was fixed at Tk695 and AC seats at Tk1,325
The Bangladesh Railway on Wednesday (3 January) started selling tickets of Parjotak Express, another non-stop intercity train, operating on the Dhaka-Cox's Bazar route from 10 January.
Apart from ticket counters at major stations, tickets are also available on the website through the railway's ticketing partner Shohoz.com.
The fare of a non-AC Shovon seat of the train was fixed at Tk695 and air-conditioned (AC) seat at Tk1,325.
The 785-seat capacity train will depart Dhaka's Kamalapur Railway station at 6:15am and reach Cox's Bazar at 3pm, making stoppages at the Biman Bandar station in Dhaka and Chattogram station.
Departing Cox's Bazar at 8pm, the train will reach Dhaka at 4:30am. The train service would remain closed on Sundays.
According to railway officials, the train will operate with a rack of 16 coaches imported from Korea.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the newly developed Dohazari-Cox's Bazar rail line last November, and the Cox's Bazar Express began commercial service in December.
The Parjatoak Express joins the Cox's Bazar Express, offering tourists more options for a convenient and swift journey between Dhaka and Cox's Bazar.
The distance from Dhaka to Cox's Bazar is 346 kilometres.