railway reservation

Railways to soon increase quota of lower berths for senior citizens, female passengers

As of now, the quota of lower berths per coach is earmarked at six in sleeper class, three each in 2AC and 3AC in normal trains. For Rajdhani, Duronto and fully AC Express trains the quota is four for 3AC and 3 for 3AC per coach.

Dec 29, 2018, 17:21 PM IST

Wait-listed? This new Railways policy will cheer you up - Must Read

In a passenger-friendly move, the railways Thursday announced a facility of transfer of berths, which remain vacant at the train-originating station after preparation of second chart, to the next and subsequent stations to be alloted to wait-listed passengers there.

Sep 29, 2016, 21:37 PM IST

Rail passengers to soon receive SMS on ticket status

 As part of its 'go green' initiative, the Southern railways would do away with the practice of pasting reservation charts on train coaches and instead send SMS alerts to passengers regarding the reservation status of their tickets.

Mar 19, 2016, 21:01 PM IST