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8th
August, 2002
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DYNAMIC POLICY FOR RAILWAYS TO FILL UP VACANT SEATS
LOK SABHA
Ministry of Railways have taken several
steps to fill up vacant seats and to make the purchase of tickets
easier for the general public. Some of these are:
- To fill up vacant seats during lean period, the
details showing availability of accommodation in the trains
is published by the Railways in newspapers,website, etc.
- For reserved tickets, 750 computerised Passenger
Reservation System (PRS) locations have been opened as on 31.7.2002,
from where passengers can book seats/berths in any train in
any class on first come first served basis.
- About 1400 Self Printing Ticket Machines (SPTMs)
have been provided at around 300 locations for purchase of unreserved
tickets.
- Additional counters are opened to clear extra
rush wherever necessary and feasible.
- City booking Agencies and Out Agencies have also
been opened at various locations.
- For the convenience of those passengers, who do
not want to go to reservation offices for purchasing ticket,
around 700 Rail Traveller’s Service Agents (RTSAs) have been
appointed all over the country who have been authorized to purchase
the tickets on behalf of passengers by standing in queue, like
a normal passenger and after realizing prescribed service charges
from them.
- Issue of reserved tickets through Internet has
been started in Delhi area.
This information was given by
Shri Bandaru Dattattraya, Minister of State for Railways in a
written reply to a question by Prof. Ummareddy Venkateswarlu in
the Lok Sabha today.
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