It is
proposed to add another 5000 such machines across all Zonal Railways, out of which
2000 will be coin operated and 3000 smart card operated. The procurement
these machines will start from this financial year.
Smart card based ATVMs have been deployed at 313 stations as under:
S.No.
|
Zonal Railways
|
Deployed at number of Stations
|
No. of functional ATVMs
|
1.
|
Northern Railway
|
31
|
54
|
2.
|
Western Railway
|
32
|
80
|
3
|
Central Railway
|
73
|
312
|
4
|
Eastern Railway
|
40
|
83
|
5
|
South Eastern Railway
|
43
|
76
|
6
|
East Coast Railway
|
21
|
32
|
7
|
Southern Railway
|
50
|
74
|
8
|
South Central Railway
|
23
|
70
|
Total:
|
313
|
781
|
At
times, due to vandalisation and rough usage by passengers, some of these
machines get defective. Zonal Railways are constantly monitoring the
performance of ATVMs and defective machines are repaired expeditiously.
This information was given by the Minister of
State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha
today.
The
advance reservation period for booking reserved accommodation is 60 days
excluding the day of journey. In case of certain day time express trains,
shorter time limits are prescribed.
In case of Tatkal tickets, the booking opens at 1000 hours on the previous day of journey from the train originating station.
In case of unreserved tickets involving journey upto 200 kilometres, the tickets can be booked on the same day whereas tickets involving journey of more than 200 kilometres can be booked up to three days in advance excluding the day of journey.
Premium trains with dynamic pricing have been introduced during the Holi and summer rush with shorter advance reservation periods of up to 15 days.
Indian Railways have a route length of about 65,436 kilometres. On an average, about 23 million passengers commute across Indian Railways daily. The passenger traffic on different routes varies from season to season, day to day and train to train.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
In case of Tatkal tickets, the booking opens at 1000 hours on the previous day of journey from the train originating station.
In case of unreserved tickets involving journey upto 200 kilometres, the tickets can be booked on the same day whereas tickets involving journey of more than 200 kilometres can be booked up to three days in advance excluding the day of journey.
Premium trains with dynamic pricing have been introduced during the Holi and summer rush with shorter advance reservation periods of up to 15 days.
Indian Railways have a route length of about 65,436 kilometres. On an average, about 23 million passengers commute across Indian Railways daily. The passenger traffic on different routes varies from season to season, day to day and train to train.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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