Indian Railways on paperless path! No reservation charts on trains from March 1

NewsBharati    17-Feb-2018
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New Delhi, February 17: The Ministry of Railways has instructed all rail zones to discontinue pasting reservation charts on reserved coaches of all trains at the A1, A and B category stations as a pilot project for 6 months, starting March 1.

In an official release, the Ministry said, digital charts will continue to be displayed at the platform of the train. It said, at those stations where electronic charts display plasma have been installed and are functioning properly, physical reservation charts at such platforms can be stopped.

 

Earlier, pasting of reservation charts on the reserved coaches of all trains was discontinued at New Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Mumbai Central, Chennai Central, Howrah and Sealdah Stations on experimental basis for a period of three months.

In 2016, Indian Railways had launched a no-reservation chart concept at Bengaluru City and Yeshwantpur railway stations, which comes under South Western Railways Bengaluru Division (SBC).

The trains originating from these railway stations had no longer any reservation charts, and this exercise helped the Railways to save Rs 60 lakh in a year.

Based on the revenues, Railways have categorized railways stations into 7 categories: A1, A, B, C, D, E and F; which are further divided into 17 zones.

The names of Erstwhile A1 & A category railway stations:-

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