Cox’s Bazar representative: Bangladesh Railway earned Tk 1 crore, 38 lakh, and 20 thousand by operating the Cox’s Bazar Express train in the first 27 days of its commercial operation on December 1.
Golam Rabbani, station master in charge of Cox’s iconic Bazar railway station, confirmed the matter at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, December 20.
He said that in the first month (27 days), 28 thousand 620 AC and non-AC tickets were sold online and offline on Cox’s Bazar Express. The income from this is 1 crore, 38 lakh, and 20 thousand taka.
He also said that every day, 2 lakh people charge for tickets online. But the seats are less than the demand. Therefore, the process of connecting two more trains starting on January 1 is going on.
Incidentally, the maximum speed limit of passenger trains on the Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar route has been fixed at 120 kilometers per hour. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered two trains to run from December during the inauguration of Cox’s Bazar rail link on November 11 after the successful operation of several rounds of experimental trains.
According to railway sources, there are a total of 20 coaches in this new train of Cox’s Bazar Express. There are 1 thousand 60 seats. The fare for the Sobhon chair from Dhaka to Cox’s Bazar is fixed at Tk 695. The rent of an AC chair is 1 thousand 325 taka, and the rent of an AC bed (sleeping seat) is 2 thousand 380 taka.
On the other hand, from Chittagong to Cox’s Bazar, the fare of the Sobhan chair is Tk 205, the fare of the Snigdha class is Tk 386, the fare of the AC seat is Tk 466, and the fare of the AC berth is Tk 696.
