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Wednesday, 29 September 2021

07:06

Platform Ticket Fare Reduced to Rs.10 Across all Stations of Vijayawada Division

 Platform Ticket Fare Reduced to Rs.10 Across all Stations of Vijayawada Division

Platform Ticket fare reduced to Rs.10 across all stations of Vijayawada Division, SCR to facilitate passengers on resumption of unreserved express trains

The Platform Ticket rates, which were temporarily increased as precautionary measure against Covid-19, at select stations of the Division have been revised downwards at the respective stations of Vijayawada Division of South Central Railway with effect from 00.00 hrs of 30th September, 2021.This decision has been taken in view of resumption of Unreserved Express trains over rail network.

​The Platform Ticket fares at all Railway Stations of Vijayawada Division will be Rs.10 (Rupees Ten only) w.e.f 30.09.2021.

​The issue of Platform tickets will facilitate to the large extent, all the rail passengers, especially Senior Citizens and Divyangajan in smooth boarding and alighting the trains. The precautionary measures being taken on railways to tackle Corona Virus will be maintained as usual. Rail users are requested to co-operate in this endeavour and follow all the protocols laid down in containing Covid-19.

Source:South Central Railway

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Tuesday, 13 April 2021

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Friday, 12 February 2021

07:23

Unreserved Tickets (Except Season Tickets and Platform Tickets)Through UTS on Mobile App

 Unreserved Tickets (Except Season Tickets and Platform Tickets)Through UTS on Mobile App

460/2020-21

10-02-2021

Chennai

ACTIVATING FACILITY TO BOOK UNRESERVED TICKETS THROUGH UTSONMOBILE APP

Based o­n popular demand, Southern Railway will be extending  booking of unreserved tickets (except Season Tickets & Platform Tickets)  through UTS o­n Mobile App with effect from 11-02-2021 in suburban area of Chennai  covered by EMU services (viz.. for  all stations in Chennai Beach to Tirumalpur section, Chennai Central to Tiruttani section, Royapuram to Sulurpeta  Section  & Chennai Beach to Velachery Section).

UTS o­n Mobile App can be downloaded from Google Play Store and Apple Store. Tickets can be booked using UTS o­n Mobile App from anywhere within the periphery of 5kms from the station premises. In view of the o­ngoing pandemic of COVID issue of tickets will be restricted during peak hours (i.e from 06.30 hrs to 09.30 hrs & 16.00 hrs to 19.00 hrs. Passengers are encouraged to avail the services of UTS o­n Mobile app for unreserved tickets in order to avoid large queues at Stations. UTS o­n Mobile App provides multiple e-payment options for topping of Rail Wallet including payment of cash at counters and e-payment options through IRCTC website i.e. www.irctc.co.in. Railway offers a 5% bonus for all R-Wallet transactions i.e. if R-wallet recharge is done for Rs.100/-, tickets can be booked up to  Rs. 105/-.

Source:Southern Railway

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Monday, 11 May 2020

14:14

Train Ticket Booking will Start From 11.05.2020,16hrs(4P.M) -Indian Railways

Train Ticket Booking will Start From 11.05.2020,16hrs(4P.M) -Indian Railways
No. 78/2020-21
11-05-2020
Secunderabad
Gradual Resumption of Select Passenger Services by Indian Railways
Indian Railways plans to gradually restart passenger train operations from 
12th May, 2020, initially with 15 pairs of trains (30 return journeys). These trains will be run as special trains from New Delhi Station connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi. 
Thereafter, Indian Railways shall start more special services o­n new routes, based o­n the available coaches after reserving 20,000 coaches for COVID-19 care centres and adequate number of coaches being reserved to enable operation of up to 300 trains everyday as “Shramik Special” for stranded migrants. 
Booking for reservation in these trains will start at 4 pm o­n 11th May, 2020 and will be available o­nly o­n the IRCTC website (https://www.irctc.co.in/). Ticket booking counters at the railway stations shall remain closed and no counter tickets (including platform tickets) shall be issued. o­nly passengers with valid confirmed tickets will be allowed to enter the railway stations.  It will be mandatory for the passengers to wear face cover and undergo screening at departure and o­nly asymptomatic passengers will be allowed to board the train. Further details including train schedule will be issued separately in due course.

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Thursday, 19 March 2020

09:41

Platform Ticket Rate has been Increased from 10 Rupees to 50 Rupees

Platform Ticket Rate has been Increased from 10 Rupees to 50 Rupees
2020/03
18-03-2020
PLATFORM TICKET RATES INCREASED OVER W. RLY FOR BETTER CROWD MANAGEMENT
Western Railway has taken various measures to mitigate the Pandemic Corona Virus Infection
To deal with the Corona Virus outbreak, Indian Railways is taking various steps for the containment of the spread of the disease. In this direction, Western Railway is also taking all possible efforts to contain the spread of this deadly and life threatening disease. Various preventive measures have been taken by W. Rly to counter the spread of this infection in railway premises. o­ne of the recent developments to prevent danger of effects of CORONA virus has been to increase the rate of platform tickets, with a view to restrict & discourage the number of passengers in railway premises including platform and FOBs. The rate of platform tickets has been increased from ₹.10/- to ₹.50 /- at 26 stations of W. Rly’s Mumbai Division with effect from 17/03/2020. These stations are Surat, Bandra (T), Borivali, Udhna, Mumbai Central, Vapi, Dadar, Valsad, Navsari, Andheri, Vasai Road, Boisar, Nandurbar, Bilimora, Amalner, Virar, Palghar, Bandra, Bhayandar, Dahanu Road, Goregaon, Nalasopara, Vyara, Dondaicha, Churchgate and Malad.  There will be no change in the rate of platform tickets of rest of the stations. Similarly, the other divisions of W. Rly have also increased the platform ticket rates at select stations from ₹.10/- to ₹.50 /- as a precautionary measure for crowd management.
According to press release issued by Shri Ravinder Bhakar – Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, the interface areas in coaches & at stations such as entrance handrails (In coaches), door handles, toilet door handles & latches, toilet health faucet, water tap, etc. is being cleaned frequently in primary maintenance trains/secondary maintenance trains/ STR examination trains at depot/ platforms, o­nboard by OBHS staff & by CTS staff, using suitable/ recommended disinfectant, at nominated stations. Similarly, electrical switches, charge points frequently touched by customers are also thoroughly cleaned. AC coach attendants have been appropriately counseled to regulate the temperature setting in AC coaches preferably between 24-25 degree Celsius and ensure cleaning of air filters of AC coaches during every primary maintenance. Also, all curtains in AC coaches has been removed and the blankets provided in AC coaches including first AC were withdrawn from service. However, for First AC passengers, blankets with fresh washed covers (separate for UP/ DN directions) may be provided o­n demand. The Linen are been given in sealed packets to passengers and AC linen attendants have been strictly counseled against recirculation of used linen. In addition to this, sufficient additional linen has also been provided o­n train, as a standby. The attendants have been counseled to ensure that open/ loose/ strewn & used linen items should not be stacked up and all curtains & spare blankets to be washed dried and stored in clean, dry storage facility. In addition to above as per Railway Board, info stickers regarding COVID-19 precautions & awareness have been displayed in coaches & across station premises. The awareness messages are been played over in rakes with PA address system. The above measures will be ensured upto 31st March or till further notice.

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Wednesday, 10 January 2018

08:05

Platform Ticket:Increase to Rs 20/-from 11th -17th January 2018

Platform Ticket:Increase to Rs 20/-from 11th -17th January 2018
No.806/2017-18
09-01-2018
Secunderabad

Temporary Increase in Platform Ticket Rate at Kacheguda Station to Regulate Non Travelling Public in Sankranthi Festival Season
In view of the ensuing Sankranthi festival season, it is anticipated that there will be huge crowd of rail travellers as well as accompanying non-travellers at Kacheguda Railway Station.
In order to regulate the flow of people to enter the platforms and avoid inconvenience to the travelling public by means of ensuring decongestion of platforms, the rate of Platform Ticket at Kacheguda Railway Station will be enhanced from present Rs. 10/- to Rs. 20/- for a period of seven days i.e. from 11th to 17th January, 2018.
*Rail users may kindly note the same and extend cooperation.

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Monday, 18 September 2017

08:03

INCREASE IN RATE OF PLATFORM TICKET AT ALL STATIONS OVER SER DURING FESTIVE SEASON

INCREASE IN RATE OF PLATFORM TICKET AT ALL STATIONS OVER SER DURING FESTIVE SEASON
15-09-2017

INCREASE IN RATE OF PLATFORM TICKET AT ALL STATIONS OVER SER DURING FESTIVE SEASON
Kolkata, Sep.15, 2017:
In order to regulate the rush of passengers at all stations over South Eastern Railway during ensuing festival season, the rate of platform ticket will be increased to Rs. 20 (twenty) instead of existing Rs. 10 (ten).
This will be effective during the festive season w.e.f 20/09/17 to 31/10/17.

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Thursday, 5 January 2017

22:00

PLATFORM TICKET AT SECUNDERABAD RAILWAY STATION INCREASED TO 20/- FROM 10/-

PLATFORM TICKET AT SECUNDERABAD RAILWAY STATION INCREASED TO 20/- FROM 10/-
No.668/2016-17
05-01-2017
Secunderabad

Temporary Increase in Platform Ticket Rate at Secunderabad Station to Regulate Non Travelling Public

In view of the ensuing Sankranti festival additional passenger traffic coinciding with the Sabarimalai traffic, it is expected that Secunderabad Railway Station will witness huge additional foot falls of rail travelers as well as accompanying non-travelers, leading to huge crowd o­n the platforms during the period.           

With a view to regulate the flow of people who enter the platforms and avoid inconvenience to the travelling public by means of ensuring decongestion of platforms, the rate of Platform Ticket at Secunderabad Railway Station will be enhanced from present Rs. 10/- to Rs. 20/- for a period of seven days i.e. from 10th January to 16thJanuary, 2017.

Rail users may kindly note the same and extend cooperation.



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Friday, 6 November 2015

23:35

BOOKING OF SEASON TICKETS AND PLATFORM TICKETS ON MOBILE APPLICATION

305/2015-16
05-11-2015
CHENNAI

BOOKING OF SEASON TICKETS AND PLATFORM TICKETS ON MOBILE APPLICATION

As part of “Operation Five Minutes”, initiative of the Hon’ble Minister of Railways announced during 2015 Budget Speech, Indian Railways launched a mobile ticket booking facility for unreserved travel. This facility was first opened o­n Southern Railways and the Chennai Suburban section was covered in June 2015. This application enables passengers to avoid standing in queue for to purchase their journey ticket and also avoid usage of paper for printing of ticket. Users are now booking tickets using this application for journey over the suburban section and o­n an average 1,200 passengers are booking journey tickets, using this application.

Fifty two percent (52%) of passengers o­n the suburban section travel with season tickets. To help reduce the waiting time in queue for these customers, CRIS has further developed for Indian Railway, the Season Tickets feature o­n the same application.

Season Tickets can now be booked between pair of stations lying over Chennai Suburban, using the same application and will be valid o­nly from the next day of the booking day unlike journey / regular ticket. Season Ticket can be booked from any location and there is no restriction in booking within the station or within the 5 km radius applicable to journey ticket, which was restricted in for journey tickets due to Geo fencing. This application also facilitates the renewal of the season tickets purchased already through the UTS ticket.

Just like journey tickets booked o­n this app, the Season ticket too can be carried o­n the phone and shown when requested for by ticket checking staff.

The details of how to book season tickets is available o­n Southern Railway Website (www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in)

Further, now booking of Platform Ticket has also been developed o­n this application and enabled for 5 major stations (Chennai Central, Chennai Egmore, Mambalam, Tambaram and Perambur).

For booking of platform ticket, the Geo fenced area is modified slightly so that platform tickets can o­nly be booked within a radius of 2 km around the station and cannot be booked inside the station and along the track.

With these two new features – i.e. Season Ticket booking and renewal o­n the mobile, and booking of platform tickets, users can not o­nly avoid counter queues completely but they can carry the ticket o­n their phones too.
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Saturday, 17 October 2015

07:25

Increase in Platform Ticket Rate at Secunderabad Station to Regulate Flow of People - South Central Railway

PR.No. 481/2015-16
16-10-2015
Secunderabad

Temporary Increase in Platform Ticket Rate at Secunderabad Station to Regulate Flow of People

View image on TwitterIn view of the ensuing Dasara festival and vacations for schools in Telangana State, it is expected that Secunderabad Railway Station will witness additional foot falls of rail travelers as well as non-travellers, leading to huge crowd o­n the platforms during the period.
With a view to avoid inconvenience to the travelling public and to ensure decongestion of platforms, the rate of platform ticket o­nly at Secunderabad Railway Station will be enhanced from present Rs. 10/- to Rs. 20/- for a period of ten days i.e. from 17th October to 26th October, 2015.

Rail users may kindly note the same and extend cooperation.

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Sunday, 20 September 2015

11:09

Soon, Insert Coins and Cash Into Machines to Get Train Tickets

Soon, Insert Coins and Cash Into Machines to Get Train Tickets

CHENNAI: Suburban stations in Chennai will soon get Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM) where commuters can insert Rs 5 and Rs 10 coins and get tickets within 60 seconds.

This is a part of the Railway Ministry’s plan to reduce the time spent by customers standing in serpentine queues to procure tickets at station counters. This is the second such scheme for commuters in the Chennai suburban train network, after the mobile-ticketing facility was introduced earlier this year.

An official circular from the Railway Board stated that platform and unreserved tickets can be procured from the Cash-Coin and Smart Card operated Ticket Vending Machines (CoTVM), which will be unmanned. Officials of the Madras Division of Southern Railway indicated that the headquarters had been notified and the machines would be in place by next month. “We have zeroed in on a few locations. Initially, there might be a provision for only first-class tickets as we would be trying out the machines on a pilot basis,” said an official.

As per the official procedure, the CoTVM will have slots to accept Rs 5 and Rs 10 coins as well as notes of denomination from Rs 5 to Rs 1,000. Instructions will be displayed on the machine to indicate which notes and coins would be accepted.

The passenger would have to submit the exact ticket fare in notes and coins inside the machine within 60 seconds. In case the entire amount has not been inserted within the stipulated time, the transaction will be cancelled and the amount will be returned.

No additional booking charge will be taken for tickets bought from the CoTVM. The printed ticket will have all the details similar to those obtained from the counter.  Season tickets, platform tickets, second-class tickets for maximum of four passengers and first-class ticket for one passenger can be bought from the CoTVM, said the official circular. The machines would also have a provision for booking tickets using smart cards, which can be procured only from specific railway counters.

The CoTVM is likely to attract the majority of the one million daily commuters, who don’t have access to smartphones and continue to spend at least 10 minutes in the queues at ticket counters during peak hours. “CoTVM corrects one major flaw of the mobile-ticketing system. Season tickets can’t be procured through m-ticketing. They form around 60 per cent of the daily commuters. CoTVM will offer them that facility,” an official stated.

Source: The Indian Express.
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Sunday, 26 July 2015

07:54

Platform tickets on cellphones soon

Platform tickets on cellphones soon

While the cost of a platform ticket is low — Rs 10 each currently — officials expect the vendors to make up the difference through the high volume of transactions involved.

The long, winding queues to buy platform tickets in railway stations may soon start to shrink — the government is moving to make them available online. The options under consideration include allowing platform tickets to be purchased via mobile phones or through the IRCTC portal, a Railways Ministry official told The Indian Express. 
The acknowledgment of payment, which will be sent to the buyer’s mobile phone, can be shown to the personnel manning the gates at the stations, the official added. “IRCTC will be given the detailed modalities to be worked out once the Railway Board approves the proposal.” 

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Tuesday, 12 May 2015

00:56

Platform Ticket Hike May given room to Misuse the Passenger Train Ticket


Platform Ticket Hike May given room to Misuse the Passenger Train Ticket

Salem (SA): The hike in platform ticket fare from Rs.5 to Rs.10 has put the Railway authorities in a quandary.

The hike from April 1 is not with the intention of augmenting the revenue, but to reduce the congestion on the platforms in the railway stations by dissuading people from entering the station.

However, the hike has put the Railway authorities in a predicament, with the platform ticket becoming more costly (Rs. 5 more) than that of a ticket for the nearest station in a passenger train. While the ticket from Salem Junction to Salem Town costs just Rs. 5, the lowest ticket fare, the platform ticket costs Rs. 10.

As such, people visiting the railway stations to receive or see off their friends and relatives are expected to opt for the passenger train ticket for the nearest station, instead of the platform ticket and thus save Rs. 5.

Moreover, the purchase of passenger train ticket has one more advantage. The passenger ticket is valid for the whole day, while the validity of a platform ticket purchased for Rs. 10 is only for a couple of hours, says E. Lakshman, a consumer activist.

Misuse

No doubt, the hike in the platform ticket fare has given room for people to misuse the passenger train tickets. However, the Railways has chalked out a strategy to check the misuse of passenger train tickets.

A senior official of the Salem Railway Division told that the passenger train tickets of lowest fare are issued only during the timings of the trains. They will not be issued when no passenger train is scheduled to leave the particular station.

Moreover, the checking staff have been directed to intensify checking on the platforms.

The passenger train ticket holders will be allowed to move only on the platforms where the passenger trains are received and halted. Those with passenger train tickets found moving on the other platforms will be considered as ticketless travellers and will be fined as per the rules.
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Wednesday, 18 March 2015

16:23

Platform Tickets in Railway Stations to be Costlier from April 1, 2015

Platform Tickets in Railway Stations to be Costlier from April 1, 2015

New Delhi: The railway platform ticket is going to be costlier–Rs 10–from April 1.  “The rate of platform ticket will be increased from Rs 5 to Rs 10 per per person from April, 2015,” said a senior Railway Ministry official.

The official said the Divisional Railway Managers (DRM) have been empowered to increase the rate of platform ticket beyond Rs 10 to regulate rush at platform during specific requirements like mela and rally.

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