Indian Railways has implemented new rules for advance ticket reservation. According to the new rules, now passengers can book tickets 60 days in advance. In October, its tenure was 120 days. Indian Railways said that the new rule will benefit the railways as well as the passengers. We will tell you about the new rule in detail in this article.
Indian Railways Rule: Indian Railways has changed the rules of advance reservation. According to the new rule, now tickets could be booked only 60 days in advance. Earlier its time was 120 days i.e. four months. Indian Railways said that this will benefit the passengers along with the railways. We will tell you about the new rules of Railways.
Indian Railways has changed the advance reservation rules many times. Railways has taken this decision many times in the interest of time and passengers. In the image given below, we have told when the rules of advance reservation have changed.
There will be less fraud
The Railway Ministry said that many passengers book tickets 120 days in advance but later cancel them. At the same time, many people also commit fraud by blocking tickets. Due to these two major things, the Railways has changed the rule.
If you look at the data released by the Railways, it will be found that 21 percent of the tickets are cancelled and 4 to 5 percent of the passengers do not travel at all. In such a situation, those passengers do not get seats which are in their right. The Railways has sent the guidelines of the new rule to all stations and ticket counters.
The Railways clearly said that passengers who have booked train tickets 120 days in advance will not be affected. They can travel comfortably on that ticket. Actually, this rule has come into effect from November 1. Till October 31, the time for advance ticket booking was only 120 days.
However, according to the notification issued by the Indian Railways, there has been no change in the ticket booking rules of “Taj Express” and “Gomti Express” trains.
It will help in running special trains
Railway officials said that after the implementation of the new rule, the railways will be able to plan special trains properly. With this rule, the railways can correctly estimate the number of passengers and can run the right number of special trains to control the crowd at the station during the festive season.
AI will allot seats
Indian Railways will now use artificial intelligence to improve its seat allotment technology. After the arrival of AI, the process of seat allotment will become much easier. Actually, the AI system will allot seats keeping in mind the passenger’s data and the remaining seats. The seat chart in the train is four hours before departure. The AI system will prove to be very helpful for those passengers like senior citizens and pregnant women etc. because the system will give them priority first.
Foreign tourists will not be affected
Indian Railways’ advance reservation rules will not apply to foreign tourists. They can book tickets 365 days in advance. Indian Railways made the tenure of advance reservation 1 year to provide convenience to foreign tourists.
