This department also owns a modern offset printing press where Intercity tickets, Printed Card tickets and all sorts of money value forms are printed and supplied against the demand received from the user departments. The statistics of supply of Intercity tickets,Printed Card tickets, Money value forms and General forms are given below :

Bangladesh Railway is the principal mode of transportation in the country. With the development of road transport facilities there has been a shift in the trend of passenger traffic with short distance passengers preferring road transport, because of their frequent and point to point services. During 2004-2005, about 42 million passengers were transported by Bangladesh Railway against about 43 million during 2003-2004. In order to render better services to the passengers, Bangladesh Railway introduced Intercity Train services in 1985. At present there are 54 Nos of Intercity Trains running. Around 38.5% of the total passengers of Bangladesh Railway are being carried by the Intercity trains which contribute approximately 73.3% of the total earning of passenger traffic. Details are shown in Table No.24 & 25.

The railway has been facing tough competition with other modes of transport for the high rated traffic, which pay more revenue. On the other hand, the railway is called upon to carry traditional low rated essentials. As a national carrier, BR has obligation to carry essential commodities like food grains, fertilizer, jute, cement, coal, iron and steel, stone & boulders, petroleum products, salt, sugar etc. to the remote corners of the country at a cheaper rate. The freight traffic during 2004-2005 was 3,206 thousand Metric Tons agianst 3,473 Thousand Metric Tons during 2003-2004.

Bangladesh Railway has entered into a new era in transportation of freight traffic in containers from Chittagong to Dhaka. Special type Flat Wagons required for container movement were initially arranged by converting some existing wagons. Subsequently 80 bogie container flats were procured from China and another 100 bogie container flats were procured from India.An Inland Container Depot has been opened at Dhaka with custom and port facilities for clearance of container traffic. Exclusive container train was introduced on 5th August,1991. Since then, volume of container traffic gained momentum.

Bangladesh Railway has sheds, depots and workshops for maintenance o1 Rolling Stock, Locomotives are maintanied in 3(Three) places viz shed shop & CLW, Carriage & Wagons are maintained in two places i.e. in C&W Depot & workshop.

1. Central Locomotive Workshop at Parbatipur, Dinajpur(CLW)
2. Diesel Workshop at Pahartali, Chittagong.
3. Diesel Workshop, Dhaka.
4. Diesel Workshop at Parbatipur,Dinajpur.

1. C & W Shop at Saidpur, Nilphamari.
2. C&W shop at Pahartali, Chittagong.

There were 25 marine vessels under Mechanical Department at the end of 2004-2005. The fleet of the marine vessels consists of 2 Passenger vessels, 4 Tugs, 4 Wagon Ferry Barges, 5 Pontoon ramps, 5 Flats and 5 Berthing flats.