TICKET BOOKING 120 DAYS AHEAD "vis-à-vis" 60 DAYS AHEAD :
I actually thought it would work the other way — reducing tout activity!
This is what happens when we book on the very first day of the 120-day advance booking window: waitlists start appearing immediately because about 20% of the total tickets are reserved for Tatkal, emergency, and legislators' quotas. During peak seasons like festivals and school holidays, tickets are filled quickly even when booked well in advance .
Now that the booking period has been reduced to 60 days, Indian Railways should maintain the same percentage of quota reservations but release the remaining tickets (days 61 to 120) earlier for passengers. This would mean more tickets are available to the public within the 60-day period, which seems like a thoughtful move by the Railways.
The Railways might have observed that when tickets aren’t available 120 days in advance, passengers often abandon train travel and opt for alternatives like buses or cars.
All said and done, the unreliable network during the ticket booking process raises doubts among passengers. The issue often arises at the crucial "make payment" stage or during bank transactions, where the internet slows down or disconnects entirely.
Many passengers have reported that even after reaching the "confirmed ticket" stage, the network weakens, forcing them to restart the process. When they try again, they often end up with waitlisted tickets instead.
Indian Railways should address this issue to ensure a smoother and more reliable online booking experience. more
This is what happens when we book on the very first day of the 120-day advance booking window: waitlists start appearing immediately because about 20% of the total tickets are reserved for Tatkal, emergency, and legislators' quotas. During peak seasons like festivals and school holidays, tickets are filled quickly even when booked well in advance .
Now that the booking period has been reduced to 60 days, Indian Railways should maintain the same percentage of quota reservations but release the remaining tickets (days 61 to 120) earlier for passengers. This would mean more tickets are available to the public within the 60-day period, which seems like a thoughtful move by the Railways.
The Railways might have observed that when tickets aren’t available 120 days in advance, passengers often abandon train travel and opt for alternatives like buses or cars.
All said and done, the unreliable network during the ticket booking process raises doubts among passengers. The issue often arises at the crucial "make payment" stage or during bank transactions, where the internet slows down or disconnects entirely.
Many passengers have reported that even after reaching the "confirmed ticket" stage, the network weakens, forcing them to restart the process. When they try again, they often end up with waitlisted tickets instead.
Indian Railways should address this issue to ensure a smoother and more reliable online booking experience. more
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The observations and suggestions made by Mr. Jayakumar are very genuine and correct. Early improvement in those areas should get railway's priority to make railways services user friendly. more
Nov 25
It seems a regressive step. The railway contention of a large cancellation does not hold water, since it is the railways which benefits by cancellation. yes, as rightly pointed out the involvement of agents cannot be ruled out in this move. more
Nov 18
Railways ministry knows about and looks like they have got a big commission from the touts organisation and one more way to harass the aam aadmi by making them booking difficult and to take the help of the touts who will take commission from you and then part of it will go to the authorities .The same fate is there everywhere especially where govt is involved.instead of say increasing the seats or making travel more comfortable and hassle free reservation system people at grass root level are giving wrong feedback to the higher ups to implement these type of systems.All are hand in gloves with the touts. more
Nov 18
