Indian Railways Rule: Indian Railways has changed the rules of advance reservation. According to the new rule, now tickets can be booked only 60 days in advance. Earlier its time was 120 days i.e. four months. Indian Railways said that this will benefit the passengers as well as the Railways. We will tell you about the new rules of Railways.
Indian Railways has changed the advance reservation rules several times. Railways has taken this decision many times in the interest of time and passengers. In the picture given below, we have told when the rules of advance reservation have changed.
fraud will reduce
The Railway Ministry said that many passengers book tickets 120 days in advance but cancel them later. At the same time, many people also commit fraud by blocking tickets. Because of these two big things, Railways has changed the rules.
If we look at the data released by the Railways, we will know that 21 percent of the tickets get canceled and 4 to 5 percent of the passengers do not travel at all. In such a situation, those passengers do not get the seats which are in their favor. Railways has sent the guidelines of the new rules to all the stations and ticket counters.
Railways clearly said that there will be no impact on the passengers who have booked train tickets 120 days in advance. They can travel comfortably on that ticket. Actually, this rule has come into effect from November 1. There was only 120 days time for advance ticket booking till 31st October.
However, as per the notification issued by Indian Railways, there has been no change in the ticket booking rules of “Taj Express” and “Gomti Express” trains.
This will help in running special trains
Railway officials said that after the implementation of the new rules, the Railways will be able to plan special trains properly. With this rule, Railways will be able to accurately estimate the number of passengers and run the right number of special trains to control crowd at the station during the festive season.
AI will allocate seats
Indian Railways will now use Artificial Intelligence to improve its seat allotment technology. After the arrival of AI, the process of seat allotment will become much easier. Actually, the AI system will allot seats keeping in mind the passenger’s data and the remaining seats. The seat chart in the train is available four hours before departure. The AI system will prove to be very helpful for those passengers like senior citizens and pregnant women etc. because the system will give them first priority.
There will be no impact on foreign tourists
Advance reservation rules of Indian Railways will not be applicable to foreign tourists. They can book tickets 365 days in advance. To facilitate foreign tourists, Indian Railways has increased the advance reservation period to one year.
