The formal Eid journey in trains from Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station to different parts of the country started on Monday morning amid tight security.
Those booked tickets for March 24-journey on March 14 travelled to their destinations, with passengers allowed to enter the main platform of the station after going through a three-layer checking procedure, said Kamalapur station manager Md Shahadat Hossain.
Md Asad, a passenger of Chattogram-bound Subrana Express, said he along with wife and children was travelling from Dhaka smoothly amid the tight security.
He said though he faced a little bit of problems in managing online tickets, but it was later done successfully.
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Borhan Uddin, a student, travelling to Mymensingh in Jamuna Express said he would go home by bus if the train ticket had not been managed, appreciating the strict security measure at the station.
