Reservation chart set to be prepared eight hours prior to departure of train

In order to eliminate the uncertainty of waiting passengers, officials from Indian railways suggested that the reservation table be prepared eight hours before leaving a train.

A high -level official from the Railway Ministry, “However, before 1400 hours (14: 00) for trains allocated to the graphic day before 2100 hours (21:00) will be prepared.” He said. Currently, it is prepared four hours before the separation of a graphic train.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw agreed with this offer and led the establishment to start implementing at stages in a way that would not deteriorate. “This move will reduce uncertainties for passengers with waiting list tickets. Passengers will take the first update well in advance about the waiting list,” he said.

“It will benefit passengers traveling from distant places to capture long -distance trains or suburbs of big cities. If the ticket is not approved, it will provide more time to make alternative arrangements,” he said.

Mr. Vaishnaw also reviewed the progress of renovation reforms in order to make the passenger reservation system an end -to -end travel experience passenger centered. He stressed that the ticketing system should be smart, transparent, accessible and efficient. Authorities, a modern passenger booking system (PRS) is ready until December 2025, he said.

Mr. Vaishnaw reviewed the upgrade process of the PS, which was carried out by the Railway Information Systems Center (CRIS).

1.5 Lakh Ticket

The newly upgraded PRS design can be scaled so that agile, flexible and 10 times the existing load. It will significantly increase the capacity of the ticket reservation. “New PR’s will allow the reservation of 1.5 lakh tickets per minute. This will be about five times an increase in 32,000 tickets per minute in the current PS,” he said.

The ticket investigation capacity will rise from 4 Lakh to 40 Lakh. “The new PS has a multilingual and user -friendly reservation and investigation interface. Users will be able to send the seat selections and see the wage calendar. In addition, Divyangjan, students, patients, etc.

Indian Railways will allow users with authentication for Tatkal reservations to reserve Tatkal tickets in the IRCTC website and mobile application as of July 1, and will be held for the authentication mechanism for TATKAL reservations for TATKAL reservations for TATKAL reservations for OTP -based identity. “Authentication should be done using any verifiable government identity in the AADHAAR or the user’s Digilocker account,” he said.