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Increase in the Maximum Advance Reservation Period of Clone Trains from 10 days to 30 days

Increase in the Maximum Advance Reservation Period of Clone Trains from 10 days to 30 days

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

Commercial Circular No. 09 of 2022

New Delhi, dated 28.02.2022

No.TC-II / 2910/ 2020/Special trains on Special Charges
(E File No. 3335913)

The Principal Chief Commercial Managers
All Zonal Railways.

Sub: Increase in the maximum Advance Reservation Period of clone trains from 10 days to 30 days

Ref: Coaching Directorate’s Railway Board letter no. 2020/ CHG/ 37/ 7 (pt.) dated 14.09.2020.

In continuation of above instruction, Ministry of Railways further desire that the maximum Advance Reservation Period of Clone trains should be increased from 10 days to 30 days with immediate effect.

Ensure necessary action accordingly and confirm.

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(Vipul Singhal)
Director Passenger Marketing
Railway Board

Source: https://indianrailways.gov.in/

Restoration of Unreserved Coaches in Trains

Restoration of Unreserved Coaches in Trains

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

Commercial Circular No. 06 of 2022

New Delhi, dated 28.02.2022

No.TC-ll/ 2910/ 2021/ Covid 19 Review of HSP fare
(3375471)

The Chief Commercial Managers,
Ail Zonal Railways.

Sub: Restoration of unreserved coaches In trains.

REF: 1. This office letter of even no. dated 12.11.2021
2. Control message no. 2021/CC/RB/10/01 dated 22.10.2021 & other such instructions issued from time to time.

In continuation of above instructions, Ministry of Railways have now decided that “In trains already restored with regular train numbers, second class accommodation shall be earmarked reserved or unreserved as per applicability during Pre-Pandemic period.”

Apart from this, second class accommodation of special trains at present running as Holiday special (HSP) trains shall also be earmarked reserved or unreserved as per CC no. 30 of 2015 and other instructions issued from time to time.

The above shall be implemented from Advance Reservation Period / No booking date.

Ensure necessary action accordingly and confirm.

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(Vipul Singhal)
Director Passenger Marketing
Railway Board

Source: https://indianrailways.gov.in/

AC EMU / DEMU / MEMU Issue Yearly Season Tickets Indian Railway

AC EMU / DEMU / MEMU Issue Yearly Season Tickets Indian Railway

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

Commercial Circular No. 05 of 2022

New Delhi, dated 02.03.2022

No.TC 11/2910/2021 /AC EMU-Part 3
(3383324)

The Principal Chief Commercial Managers, All Zonal Railways

Sub: Issue of quarterly, half-yearly and yearly season tickets in AC EMU / DEMU / MEMU.

Ref : 1. Commercial Circular no. 02 of 2013 dated 04.01.2013.
2. Commercial Circular no. 85 of 2017 dated 22.12.2017.
3. Commercial Circular no. 06 of 2018 dated 19.01.2018.
4. Commercial Circular no. of 27 of 2019 dated 30.05.2019.

In continuation of above instructions, Ministry of Railways have decided to permit quarterly, half-yearly and yearly season tickets in AC EMU / DEMU / MEMU as per existing provisions contained in Rule no. 242 of IRCA Coaching Tariff no. 26 Part 1 (Vol 1) & Commercial Circular no. 02 of 2013 dated 04.01.2013 @ 2.7, 5.4 & 10.8 times of monthly season ticket fare applicable for AC locals respectively.

2. CRIS is requested to make necessary changes in the software.

3. The above scheme shall be initially applicable on an experimental basis for a period of one year. Zonal Railways may periodically review the scheme for proper assessment and furnish a report to this office for further decision.

4. The receipt of this letter may be acknowledged. Also please check these instructions on the Indian Railways website – www.indianrailways.gov.in under the head commercial circulars.

5. This disposes off CR’s reference no. C / RC / Fare / ARN / Trains dated 02.02.2022.

6. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways.

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(Vipul Singhal)
Director Passenger Marketing
Railway Board

Source: https://indianrailways.gov.in/

Railway New Rules ID Proof During Journey on Reserved Tickets

Proof of Identity of Passengers journey by Train | ID Proof for Railway Passengers | Carrying of Proof of Identity During Journey

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

No. 2011/ TG –I / 20 / P / ID-efile

New Delhi, Dated 16.11.2021

Principal Chief Commercial Managers,
All Zonal Railways

(Commercial Circular No. 13 of 2021)

Sub: Carrying of proof of identity during journey.

Ref: This office letter no. 2001/ TG-V / 11 /31 (CC No. 01 of 2016) & No. 2011 /TG-I / 20 /P / ID dated 28.06.2018 (CC No. 33 of 2018).

As per extant instructions, while undertaking journey in reserved class in a train, one of the passengers booked on a ticket is required to produce one of the prescribed proofs of identity in original failing which all the passengers are treated as travelling without ticket and charged accordingly. Further, Indian Railways have extended facility of concession in fare and earmarking of reservation quota for different categories of passengers. The passengers availing this concession or booking accommodation under reservation quota earmarked for specific categories of passengers, are required to produce the proof of identity to confirm their eligibility to avail the concession / to book under specific quota e.g. (i) Divyangjans have to produce the valid concession certificate during the journey to book concessional ticket and / or to book ticket under quota earmarked for them. (II) Pregnant women travelling under senior citizen quota are required to produce certificate of registered doctor, (iii) Senior citizens booking ticket under senior citizen quota are required to produce the certificate to confirm their age, etc.

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1.1 In addition, there is a provision that children below the age of 5 years can travel free in the train and those aged between 5 and 12 can book ticket on payment of 50% of the fare in case they do not want to avail the facility of reserved berth. At times, doubt arises about the age of the children upto the age of 12, however, in the absence of any document it is difficult to establish the genuineness of the claim about their age.

2. The matter has been examined in this office and it has been decided as under:-

i. While undertaking journey in reserved class of the train, one of the passengers has to produce one of the prescribed proofs of identity (in original) failing which all the passengers will be treated as travelling without ticket.

ii. Any passenger availing concession or booking ticket under the quota earmarked for specific category of passengers will be required to produce a valid proof to establish his / her genuineness and the claim for the facility of concession / reservation quota availed.

3. Necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned accordingly.

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(Sanjay Manocha)
Joint Director Passenger Marketing
Railway Board

Senior Citizen Lower Berth Quota | Lower Berth Senior Citizen Quota Rules

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