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New Delhi: In a move which will benefit crores of people across the country, the Railways Ministry has decided to prepare reservation charts for long-distance trains eight hours in advance. Currently, the passengers receive the reservation status four hours before the departure of the train.
The Ministry of Railways took the decision to help passengers travelling from remote areas plan their journeys better. The ministry said that the decision was taken during a recent review meeting chaired by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
The Railway ministry said the officials are working on the modalities under the guidance of Vaishnaw to prepare reservation charts eight hours in advance before the train's departure instead of the current four hours, it said.
The statement released by the Railway ministry mentioned that the reservation chart for trains departing before 2 pm will be prepared the previous night at 9 pm.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the minister has directed the officials to implement the changes in a phased manner to ensure a smooth process.
Once implemented, it will immensely help passengers with waitlist tickets, as the first update on waitlist status will be shared in advance.
"It will benefit passengers travelling from remote locations or suburbs of major cities for catching long-distance trains. It will also provide more time to make alternative arrangements in case the wait list is not confirmed," the ministry said.
"The new upgraded Passenger Reservation System (PRS) will allow over 1.5 lakh ticket bookings per minute. This will be an increase of roughly five times from 32,000 tickets per minute in the current PRS," it added.
PTI quoted officials saying that the new PRS is equipped with multilingual and user-friendly booking and enquiry interface, which will help the users to submit their choice of seat and see the fare calendar.
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