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Advance train tickets available from Friday
17 Aug, 2017
Advance train tickets for Eid-ul-Azha will start from this Friday (August 18) and will last for five days. The selling of return tickets will start form August 25. Seven pairs of special trains will run during the holidays, said Railway Minister M Mujibul Haque at a press conference on Thursday.
The minister said tickets for August 27 can be collected on August 18, for August 28 on August 19, for August 29 on August 20, August 30 on August 21, and for August 31 on 22.
The return tickets for September 3 can be collected on August 25, for September 4 on August 26, September 5 on August27, for September 6 on August 28, and for September 7 on August on 29.
Mujibul Huque said, "The holidays from August 28 to September 1 for railway officials has been cancelled."
One person cannot buy more than four tickets, added the minister.
Source: Poriborton