NITISH TO FLAG OFF EXHIBITION ON WHEELS AND
TO LAUNCH UNRESERVED TICKETING SYSTEM ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
Minister of Railways,
Shri Nitish Kumar will be flagging off the "Exihibition on
Wheels" train and will be launching the Pilot Project on
computer based Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) of Indian Railways
here on the Independence Day.
Visualised as part
of the nation-wide celebration of the 150th year of
Railways in India, Exhibition on Wheels Train will be running
on a chartered circuit all over the country for eight months till
16th April next year. Aesthetically fabricated twelve
coaches of this novel train will be exhibiting items on twelve
different themes to portray the glittering glory and evolution
of Indian Railways as the premier transport organization of the
country. Some of the highlights of the exhibits include evolution
of engines and coaches, signalling and safety devices, passenger
amenities, freight operating system, achievements of railway PSUs
and the operational intricacies of Mass Transport Suburban Systems.
The Pilot Project
on Unreserved Ticketing System(UTS) which was announced by the
Railway Minister, Shri Nitish Kumar in his Budget speech is aimed
at bringing about revolutionary changes in unreserved passenger
segment which constitute 12 million passengers out of the 13 million
served by Indian Railways every day. With this system, unreserved
tickets can be issued even from locations other than the boarding
station. The system will also be able to issue Monthly Season
Ticket (MST) and Quarterly Season Tciket (QST), as also has the
flexibility of issuing tickets from anywhere to anywhere even
for a journey on a future date. Initially the system is being
implemented on ten stations of Delhi Area viz. Delhi Junction,
New Delhi, Hazarat Nizamuddin, Delhi Shahdara, Shakurbasti, Tilak
Bridge, Shivaji Bridge, Ghaziabad, Delhi Kishanganj, Sarojini
Nagar. At any of these stations passengers can buy tickets for
trains starting from any destination in Delhi Area. Tickets will
be issued for 30 days in advance and the new system has the capability
of issuing tickets from any location other than the station also.
To begin with 77 counters are being provided at the above mentioned
10 stations and by the year end this will be extended to cover
all the 23 stations in Delhi Area during phase-I of the project.
Once fully operational, this facility will be available across
the Zonal Railways.
