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Passenger Railway Reservation and Railnet
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History
Passenger Reservation System in 1985.
Booking Terminals.
Interactive voice Response System.
Touch Screen.
Passengers operated Enquiry Terminals.
Passenger Reservation System
PRS networking of entire Indian Railway was completed in April 1999.
Internet booking tickets in August 2002.
Tatkal converted to separate coach in 2004
Internet booking extended from 4 a.m. to 11.30 p.m. from March 2005.
1 million passenger transactions in one day.
Reservation System
Any Reservation counter from 8 am to 8 pm.
Prior to 60 days of Journey.
One form for 6 persons only.
Reservation done through pre defined Logic.
Types of Reservation
Confirm Reservation for confirm Seat.
Reservation against Cancellation.
Waiting list Reservation.
Online Reservation.
Tatkal Reservation.
Process of Reservation
Passenger writes reservation requisition form.
Submits to counter clerk.
Counter clerk enters form data.
Triggers R and T processing.
On ok processing, Triggers ticket printing.
Issues ticket to Passengers.
Update the system status.
PRS Enquiry System
Indian Railway’s web-site, www.indianrail.gov.in offers PRS enquiries on the internet Berth/Seat availability, Passenger Status, Fare, Train Schedule etc
A maximum of 42 laces hits per day have been recorded
National Train Enquiry System (NTES) website, www.trainenquiry.com gives dynamic information about the running status of any train and its expected arrival/departure at any given station
Mobile telephone based SMS enquiry service
A new mobile phone based facility for rail users’ viz., Train Delay Alert Service
Country wide extension of Universal Rail Enquiry number “139” through setting up of Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS)
Speed & Accuracy
Less than 1 sec for local transactions.
3 sec for network transaction.
Capable for providing transaction for 22 hrs per day.
Uptime of PRS is 99.5 + %.
Premium Passenger Service
Offered through Mail express, super fast , Rajdhani & Shatabdi Trains.
About 1520 Trains runs daily.
Variety of services :
AC first class.
AC sleeper.
First class.
AC three tier.
AC chair car.
Sleeper class
Ordinary chair car.
Using for Information Technology
A large complex Infrastructure System such as Indian Railways can benefit greatly from the intelligent use of IT.
Objectives :
Freight Revenue enhancement.
Passenger Revenue enhancement.
Improved & optimized service.
RAILNET GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS
Procurement, installation & Commissioning of server, Router, Switches, Modems etc.
Testing & Commissioning of DATA links
Loading and Configuration of System Software
Training of Railway Personnel as per Contact Agreement Zonal Railways.
Establish their Local Area Network as per their needs.