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Time of India
a day ago
- Business
- Time of India
Railways to release list of confirmed ticket holders eight hours ahead of departure
The Indian Railways will release the first list of confirmed ticket holders eight hours ahead of train departure . An official statement said this will ensure better predictability for waitlisted passengers . A Modern Passenger Reservation System (PRS) will also be operational by December 2025. The new PRS will allow over 1.5 lakh ticket bookings per minute, roughly five times more than the current limit. The per minute ticket enquiry capacity will also jump ten times, from 4 lakh to over 40 lakh. Currently, the reservation chart is prepared four hours before the departure of the train, creating uncertainty in the minds of waitlisted passengers. Addressing these concerns, the railway board has proposed preparing the reservation chart eight hours before the departure. This means for trains departing before 1400 hours, the chart will be prepared the previous day at 2100 hrs itself. 'It will benefit passengers travelling from remote locations or suburbs of major cities for catching long distance trains. This will also provide more time to make alternative arrangements in case the wait list is not confirmed,' the statement said. Live Events These measures will be taken in addition to enforcing authentication for Tatkal bookings . The Indian Railways will allow only authenticated users to book Tatkal tickets on IRCTC website and mobile app from coming Tuesday (July 1, 2025). One Time Password-based authentication will be implemented for Tatkal bookings by the end of next month, the statement added.
Hindustan Times
a day ago
- Business
- Hindustan Times
From July 1, reservation charts to be released 8 hours before train departure
New Delhi: The Indian Railways on Sunday said that it would prepare the reservation chart eight hours before the train departure time, starting from July 1. The railways also said that it will introduce a Modern Passenger Reservation System (PRS) by December this year. (Representational image) As of now, the chart that determines whether waitlisted tickets are confirmed is prepared and released just four hours prior to the train's departure time. The move is expected to give passengers more clarity and time to make alternative travel arrangements in case their train tickets do not get confirmed. '..Wherever passengers are coming from a nearby area to catch the train, this uncertainty can cause serious problems. To remove this uncertainty, the railway board has proposed preparing the reservation chart eight hours before the departure,' a statement from the railways said. 'The Railway Minister agreed with this proposal and directed the board to start implementing this in phases so that there is no disruption,' it added. 'The passengers will get the first update on waitlist status well 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 railways said, adding that it will reduce uncertainties for passengers with waitlist tickets. The railways also said that it will introduce a Modern Passenger Reservation System (PRS) by December this year. Railway minister Ashwani Vaishnaw reviewed the upgradation of the passenger reservation system, it said, adding that the project is being executed for the last few months by the Centre For Railway Information Systems (CRIS). 'The new upgraded PRS design to handle ten times the current load. It will significantly enhance the ticket booking capacity…it 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 said. 'The ticket enquiry capacity will jump ten times from 4 lakh to over 40 lakh per enquiry will be possible in a minute time. The new PRS also has a multilingual and user-friendly booking and enquiry interface,' the statement added. Passengers will be able to submit their choice of seat and see the fare calendar. It also has integrated facilities for Divyangjan, students, patients, it said. This comes after the railways announced that only authenticated users will be allowed to book Tatkal tickets on IRCTC website and mobile app beginning July 1 and that an OTP-based authentication will be done for Tatkal bookings from the end of July. 'The authentication will be done using Aadhaar or any other verifiable Government ID available in the user's DigiLocker account,' the statement concluded.
Economic Times
a day ago
- Business
- Economic Times
Indian Railways to speed up chart prep, upgrade reservation system, & mandate Aadhaar for Tatkal in booking overhaul
Indian Railways is set to overhaul its ticketing system, finalizing passenger charts eight hours before departure to enhance predictability for waitlisted passengers. By December 2025, a new Passenger Reservation System (PRS) will be implemented, boosting booking capacity to 1.5 lakh tickets per minute. Furthermore, Aadhaar linkage will be mandatory for Tatkal bookings starting July 1. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Second-class fare hiked from July 1 Indian Railways is preparing to revamp its ticketing and reservation process by advancing the preparation of train charts, among other measures. According to ET sources, the new system will finalise passenger charts eight hours before a train's move is aimed at providing better predictability for waitlisted passengers In addition to the early chart preparation, the Railways will roll out a Modern Passenger Reservation System (PRS) by December 2025, sources told ET. The project is being implemented by the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS).Once operational, the new PRS will be capable of handling over 1.5 lakh ticket bookings per minute, a nearly five-fold increase from the current capacity of 32,000 tickets per ticket enquiry system will also see a dramatic upgrade, with enquiry capacity jumping from 4 lakh to over 40 lakh per minute, improving access to real-time booking information for millions of sources informed ET that an Aadhaar linkage mandate for Tatkal train bookings will come into effect from July 1. Passengers reserving tickets under the Tatkal quota will be required to provide Aadhaar details during the booking railways expect to carry around 7.57 billion passengers in FY26, compared to 7.27 billion in news comes days after officials confirmed to ET that the Indian Railways will increase second-class travel fares by half a paisa per kilometre beyond 500 km starting is the first fare hike since 2020. For mail express trains, the increase translates to 1 paisa per km, while air-conditioned (AC) classes will see a 2 paisa per km rise. However, suburban fares and monthly season tickets will remain put this in perspective, the current per kilometre fare for a 3AC ticket on the Delhi-Howrah route is approximately Rs 1.13.A senior official told ET that these revised rates will be effective from July 1, but tickets booked prior to this date will not be subject to the fare to the ET report, his fare revision aligns with the railway ministry's budget estimates for fiscal year 2025-26, which targets passenger fare revenue of Rs 92,800 crore, up from Rs 80,000 crore in the previous last fare hike in 2020 raised second-class fares by 1 paisa per km, sleeper class fares by 2 paisa, and AC fares by 4 paisa. A more substantial hike was implemented in 2013, with second-class fares increasing by 2 paisa, sleeper and 2AC fares by 6 paisa, and other AC categories by 10 paisa per km.
