IRCTC displays charts, vacant seats online
IRCTC has a number of rules when it comes to different policies and many must not be aware of them. With an aim of easing the work of passenger, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said that the reservation charts will now be available for public viewing on the internet. The user-friendly interface will give graphical representation of the train coaches and berth-wise accommodation status on website.
The system is now available on all the railway bookings. The passenger will not have to wait for the railway chart physical. The system is now available on all trains across the railway network.
“Complete information of vacant berths from train source as well as intermediate locations will be available to the user. Prospective customer can use the information for onboard booking of vacant berths by TTE as per business rules. This feature is available in web as well as mobile version.”This will make the entire process transparent,” Piyush Goyal said.
The system displays coach layout of nine classes used in the reserved trains of the Indian Railways and more than 120 different coach layout have been incorporated.
This feature displays class-wise and coach-wise fully vacant berth availability information as per the First Chart of the train. First Chart is prepared four hours in advance to train departure.
If the second chart is also prepared, then the option to view the details of vacant berth available at the time of second chart will also be displayed. The second chart is prepared about 30 minutes prior to the departure of the train to accommodate the information of current reservations and cancellations done after first chart.
Both the charts will get updated for every charting location as the train heads towards it’s destination. In addition to this, user will also have facility to view exact position of the berth allocated to a PNR in the graphical coach layout during PNR enquiry.
In the next 20 days, the facility will be available for Shatabdi and Rajdhani passengers at originating station even after the train has departed the station, Girish Pillai, Member, Traffic, Railway Board said.
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