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Railway Ticket Reservation at Post Office

February 2, 2018 by indiaadmn456 Leave a Comment


Railway Ticket Reservation at Post Office

Issuance of Passenger Reservation Tickets through Post Offices

Indian Railways has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Department of Posts for setting up of Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters at Post Offices. PRS counters at Post offices are opened based on technical and commercial feasibility where there are no Railway Reservation Counters in nearby areas. At present, PRS counters have been provided in about 280 post offices across the country. The State wise number of the Post Offices in which Passenger Reservation System counters are available is given below:-

STATE-WISE PRS COMMISSIONED AT POST OFFICES AS PER DATAWAREHOUSE ARE GIVEN BELOW

S.No.
STATE
No.
S.No.
STATE
No.
1
ANDHRA PRADESH
24
17
MANIPUR
02
2 
  ARUNACHAL PRADESH
03
18
MEGHALAYA
02
3
ASSAM
10
19
MIZORAM
01
4
BIHAR
07
20
NAGALAND
00
5
CHHATISGARH
07
21
ODISHA
11
6
DELHI
03
22
PUDUCHERRY
00
7
GOA
01
23
PUNJAB
12
8
GUJARAT
18
24
RAJASTHAN
7
9
HARYANA
03
25
SIKKIM
00
10
HIMACHAL PRADESH
00
26
TAMILNADU
15
11
JAMMU KASHMIR
02
27
TELANGANA
24
12
JHARKHAND
09
28
TRIPURA
00
13
KARNATAKA
44
29
UTTAR PRADESH
23
14
KERALA
04
30
UTTARAKHAND
08
15
MADHYA PRADESH
06
31
WEST BENGAL
03
16
MAHARASHTRA
36

Online booking of reserved tickets on www.irctc.co.in has become very popular and about 65% of total reserved tickets are now booked online. The provision of PRS at post offices is a continuous activity based on the requirement and feasibility.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today

Source: PIB



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