Computerised Passenger Reservation System

Computerised Passenger Reservation System

Computerised Passenger Reservation System facility is available at 3139 locations, out of which 2378 are at railway stations. Sanctioning of locations for Computerised Passenger Reservation System is a continuous process. Locations are sanctioned as per policy at stations where reservation related workload is at least 100 transactions per day or at District Headquarters, important hill stations/tourist & pilgrimages centres post offices on the basis of proposals received from Public/Public representatives and the Zonal Railways.

Additionally, as per budget announcement of 2009-10, each Member of Parliament was also invited to recommend a location for passenger reservation facility.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

AKS/HK/BS
(Release ID :98589)

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