3 March 2018

DISCONTINUATIONOF PASTING RESERVATION CHARTS o­n TRAIN COACHES FROM 1st MARCH 2018 IN SOME IMPORTANT STATIONS

The Ministry of Railways have decided to discontinue the pasting of Passenger Reservation Charts o­n reserved coaches of train at all A1, A and B category stations from 1stMarch, 2018. This decision has been taken as a pilot project for a period of six months.

Despite discontinuation of pasting Reservation Charts, Physical/Digital Charts will however continue to be displayed at Platforms of the train. The objective of withdrawing and discontinuing of pasting Reservation Charts o­n Reserved Coaches of the train is to save paper and environment.

Passengers may get the status of their tickets in the following manners:-

vTickets with confirmed status at the time of booking have information printed o­n the ticket itself.

vWaitlisted and RAC passengers get their status updated o­n their registered mobile number through SMS at the time of charting which is 4 hours before the schedule departure of the train.

vApart from the above, IVRS service through No. 139, o­nline booking website are available for passengers for checking status of their tickets o­n real time basis.