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Reservation Quota for Senior Citizens | Lower Berth Senior Citizen Quota IRCTC
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
- Concession in fare for Senior Citizens
- Provision of lower birth for Senior Citizens in Passenger Reservation System
- Provision of Wheel chairs / E-Cars at Stations
- Separate counters at Passengers Reservation System for Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities.
Ministry of Railways:
The following facilities have been extended from time to time to Senior citizens:
- In the computerized Passenger Reservation System (PRS) there is a provision to allot lower berths to Senior Citizens, Female passengers of 45 years and above automatically, even if no choice is given, subject to availability of accommodation at the time of booking.
- A combined quota of six to seven lower berths per coach in Sleeper class, four to five lower berths per coach each in Air Conditioned 3 tier (3AC) and three to four lower berths per coach in Air Conditioned 2 tier (2AC) classes (depending on the number of coaches of that class in the train) has been earmarked for senior citizens, female passengers 45 years of age and above and pregnant women.
- Instructions have been issued for earmarking a minimum of 07 seats for senior citizens in 1st and last 2nd class general compartment for entire period of local train services on suburban sections of all zonal Railways.
- Yatri Mitra Sewa has been introduced at major railway stations for enabling passengers to book wheel chairs services cum porter services free of cost through NGOs, Charitable trust, PSUs etc under CSR.
- Provision of Battery Operated Vehicles (BOVs) at some important stations for Divyangjans, Senior Citizens, Sick passengers and Pregnant women is being made ‘free of cost’ through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and commercial publicity route as well as on chargeable basis.
After departure of the train, if there are vacant lower berths available in the train and if any person with disability booked on the authority of handicapped concession or a senior citizen or a pregnant woman, who has been allotted upper/middle berth, approaches for allotment of vacant lower berths, the on board Ticket Checking Staff has been authorized to allot the vacant lower berth to them making necessary entries in the chart.
Separate counters are earmarked at various Passenger Reservation System (PRS) centers for dealing with the reservation requisitions received from ladies, persons with disability, Senior Citizens, Ex. MPs, MLAs, accredited journalists and freedom fighters, if the average demand per shift not less than 120 tickets. In case there is no justification for earmarking of an exclusive counter for any of these categories of persons including ladies, persons with disability or senior citizens, one or two counters depending upon the total demand are earmarked for dealing with the reservation requests for all these categories of persons.
This information was given by Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Dr.Virendra Kumar in the Lok Sabha in a written reply on 14 Dec 2021.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Railways
29 DEC 2018 12:44PM by PIB Delhi
Enhancement of Combined Reservation Quota of lower berths for Senior Citizens and Female Passengers
Ministry of Railways has decided that the combined reservation quota of lower berths earmarked for senior citizens, female passengers 45 years of age and above and pregnant women may be enhanced.
At present, the following combined reservation quota of lower berths is earmarked in Sleeper, AC-3 tier and AC-2 tier classes for senior citizens, female passengers 45 years of age and above and pregnant women:-
| Class | No. of lower berths per coach | |
| Normal Mail / Express trains | Rajdhani /Duronto / fully AC Express trains | |
| Sleeper | 6 | – |
| 3AC | 3 | 4 |
| 2AC | 3 | 3 |
Revised combined reservation quota of lower berths earmarked for senior citizens, female passengers 45 years of age and above and pregnant women has been enhanced as under:-
| Class | Revised (No. of lower berths per coach) | ||
| Normal Mail / Express train | Rajdhani / Duronto / Fully AC Trains | ||
| Having single coach of the class | Having more than one coach of the class | ||
| Sleeper | 6 | 7 | – |
| 3AC | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 2AC | 3 | 4 | 4 |
As Illustration Comparison of Number of Lower Berths Earmarked Under Combined Quota Meant for Senior Citizens, Female Passengers 45 Years & Above and Pregnant Women As Compared to Earlier Provision
As Illustration Comparison of Number of Lower Berths – Lower Berths Quota for Senior Citizens in Mail and Express trains
| Train No. | Sleeper | ||
| No. of coaches | Number of lower berths | ||
| Earlier | Revised | ||
| 12860 Geetanjali Express | 14 | 84 | 98 |
| 12230 Lucknow Mail | 8 | 48 | 56 |
| 12952 Mumbai Rajdhani Express | NA | NA | NA |
As Illustration Comparison of Number of Lower Berths – Senior Citizens 3AC Berths Quota
| Train No. | 3AC | ||
| No of coaches | Number of lower berths | ||
| Earlier | Revised | ||
| 12860 Geetanjali Express | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 12230 Lucknow Mail | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| 12952 Mumbai Rajdhani Express | 11 | 44 | 55 |
As Illustration Comparison of Number of Lower Berths – Senior Citizens 2AC Berths Quota
| Train No. | 2AC | ||
| No. of coaches | Number of lower berths | ||
| Earlier | Revised | ||
| 12860 Geetanjali Express | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 12230 Lucknow Mail | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 12952 Mumbai Rajdhani Express | 5 | 15 | 20 |
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