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Private Sector Association

BR started private sector association of its commercial and other activities from 1997. As on June, 2005, ' Commercial Activities' of 63 nos. Mail, Express & Local trains and ' On Board ' services of 10 nos. of Intercity trains were licensed out.

Train Number	Section	Date of Licensing
3/4	Dhaka-Chittagong	11-01-03
7/8	Dinajpur-Balashighat	11-06-05
11/12	Noakhali-Dhaka	10-06-05
15/16	Khulna-Chapai Nawabgonj	05-05-03
17/18	Akhaura-Sylhet	20-11-03
19/20	Santahar-Trimohoni	18-06-05
21/22	Santahar-Lalmonirhat	19-11-03
23/24	Khulna-Parbatipur	15-11-03
25/26	Khulna-Goalanda Ghat	05-05-03
27/28	Parbatipur-Chilahati	15-11-03
31/32	Rajshahi-Parbatipur	05-05-04
45/46	Noakhali-Akhaura	10-06-05
47/48	Mymensingh-Bahadurabad	15-06-04
49/50	Dhaka-Mymensingh	31-10-02
51/52	Dhaka-Jamalpur Town	25-11-02
53/54	Khulna-Benapol	05-05-04
221/238	Dhaka-Narayangonj	21-05-05
351/353	Akhaura- Sistiagonj	11-06-05
	Bhairab-Akhaura
431/434	Parbatipur-Panchagarh	05-05-04
455/456	Lalmonirhat-Burimari	16-09-03
461/462	Lalmonirhat-Parbatipur	16-09-03
481/482	Santahar-Lalmonirhat	19-11-03
491/492	Santahar-Bonarpara	11-11-03
On Board Services
701/702	Chittagong-Dhaka-Chittagong	01-05-04
709/710	Dhaka-Sylhet-Dhaka	18-12-02
737/738	Dhaka-Kishorgonj-Dhaka	18-12-02
742/703	Chittagong-Dhaka-Chittagong	07-12-02
749/750	Dhaka-Kishorgonj-Dhaka	18-12-02

''Computerised Seat Reservation and Ticketing System'' has been introduced since December,
1994 on Built, Operate & Transfer(BOT) basis.
The extra capacity of BR '' Fibre Optic Telecom System'' has been leased out to Grameen Phone
a private cell phone operator.
Private enterprises have also been associated in the fields of repair of passenger coaches, cleaning
of Locomotives & passenger
carriages and conversion of non -AC coaches into AC coaches on BOT basis.