The Railway Minister has announced a slew of measures that would help to make ticket booking and travelling easier for passengers.
- Station upgradation: Railways has identified 104 stations for upgradation in cities with more than one million population and of religious significance.
- Free Wi-Fi: On select trains, customers would be able to avail free Wi-Fi facility.
- Special A/C coaches: Special A/C coaches called 'Anubhuti', will be introduced in select Shatabdi and Rajdhani trains to give excellent ambience with commensurate fare.
- Aadhaar for bookings: Railways will use Aadhaar database for bookings and validation of passengers.
- Status: SMS alert service being rolled out shortly to intimate passengers about reservation status.
- Online booking timings: Internet booking to be provided from 0030 hours to 2330 hours.
- For pilgrims: Common rail-bus ticket will be introduced for Katra-Vaishnodevi pilgrims.
- Better toilets: Progressive extension of bio toilets for all trains
- Sanitation: On board housekeeping facilities and clean stations
- Onboard announcements: Provision of announcement facilities on board
- Security: Ladies coaches in metros will be accompanied by women RPF personnel
- Better website: Indian Railways will create a next generation e-ticketing system by end of this year that would be able to handle three time more booking than the current capacity.
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