MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI K. H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a) to (c) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5671 BY
SHRI KAPIL MUNI KARWARIYA & SHRI RAM SUNDAR DAS TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 10.05.
2012 REGARDING COMPUTERISED RESERVATION CENTRES.
(a) : The PRS (Passenger Reservation System) facility is available at 2926 locations.
Zone-wise details of number of Passenger Reservation System (PRS) commissioned over
Indian Railways, are as under:
Sl. No. Railway Total
1 Central Railway 187
2 Eastern Railway 179
3 East Central Railway 170
4 East Coast Railway 92
5 Northern Railway 356
6 North Western Railway 161
7 North Eastern Railway 161
8 North Central Railway 111
9 Northeast Frontier Railway 204
10 Southern Railway 284
11 South Western Railway 138
12 South Eastern Railway 131
13 South East Central Railway 98
14 South Central Railway 326
15 West Central Railway 93
16 Western Railway 222
17 Konkan Railway Corporation Limited 13 Total 2926
(b) : Computerised reservation centres are provided as per policy at stations where
reservation related workload is atleast 100 transactions per day or at District Headquarters,
important hill stations/tourist & pilgrimages centres/post offices on the basis of proposals
received from Public/Public representatives and the Zonal Railways.
(c) : Further expansion is planned as per policy stated above.