Question : COMPUTERISED RESERVATION CENTRES



(a) the present status of computerised railway reservation centres in the Indian Railways, zone-wise;

(b) the zone-wise details of those railway stations/places where the Railways propose to open computerised reservation counters during the current year; and

(c) the roadmap chalked out by the Railways regarding expansion of computerised reservation network in the country?

Answer given by the minister


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.