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Review of STBA-(Station-Ticket Booking-Agent)- scheme revised

Commercial Circular No. 03 of 2023 · 2023-02-13
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 03 of 2023
File numberNo. 2018/TG-1/20/P/STBA
Date2023-02-13
TypeCommercial Circular
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA(UR सरकार)

PP Re MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (a मंत्रालय) on
RAILWAY BOARD(@lé रेलवे)
RHEE
No. 2018/TG-1/20/P/STBA New Delhi, dated 22 .02.2023

Principal Chief Commercial Mangers,
All zonal Railways. |

(Commercial Circular No.3 of 2023)

-.. — - Sub: Review of STBA-(Station-Ticket Booking-Agent)- scheme revised — —-- -- -—

vide CC no. 04 of 2022.

Ref: Commercial Circular no. 04 of 2022 and this office letter of even
number dated 13.02.2023.

The STBS (Station Ticket Booking Sewak) scheme (now STBA) was
initially launched on E-category stations (now NSG-6) as a pilot vide CC no. 66 of
2013 and was later rolled out as a full-fledged scheme under the name STBA vide
CC no. 53 of 2015.

1.1 The policy was, in course of time, expanded to NSG-5 stations vide CC no.
04 of 2020. Recently, vide CC no. 04 of 2022 the STBA scheme has been revised,
inter-alia, delineating the following:-

a. STBA may be engaged at those NSG-5 and NSG-6 category stations where
ASMs/ Booking clerks/ reservation staff are issuing tickets presently.

b. Ona pilot basis, Zonal Railways may also engage STBA at NSG- 4 & SG—
3category stations. However, the engagement of STBA on these categories
of stations shall be initially for a period of only one year.

c. Vide Para 2.1 of CC no. 04 of 2022, it was, inter-alia, spelt out, “...The
policy is valid for a period of one year and performance of the scheme
should be reviewed on quarterly basis and the feedback sent to this office
for further evaluation.”

2. It has now been decided that pilot of STBA scheme on NSG-4 and SG-3
stations may be extended for another period of six months i.e. upto 21.08.2023.
However, concerted efforts may be made in order to bring down the dependency

on STBA and to divert the same to other sources of ticketing like ATVM where
commission outflow is comparatively less.

Zonal Railways may take necessary steps to educate the passengers in
usage of ATVMs with more innovative methods.

Further, it is also desired that UTSONMOBILE may be promoted to bring
unreserved ticketing more into the digital ambit.

3. Zonal Railways may, however, send feedback asked for vide this office
letter of even number dated 13.02.2023 to enable final decision regarding
continuation of this project or otherwise. Monthly feedback on the performance of
the pilot may also be sent during this extended period.

4. CRIS shall make modifications to make ATVMs more user-friendly.

5. Necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned accordingly.

6. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of the Ministry of

Railways. A
(Vipul Singhal)

Director Passenger Marketing,
Phone No. 011-23047357

E-Mail ID-vipul.singhal84@gov.in
Room No. 461, 4th Floor,

Railway Board.

No, 2018/TG-I/20/P/STBA New Delhi, dated 22 .02.2023

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Copy to:

PFA & CAO, All Zonal Railways.

Director General of Audit, All Zonal Railways. iS

For Member Finance, Ratiway Board.

Rail Bhawan, Raisina Road, NewDelhi-110001

Copy to:
1.
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CCM/PMs and CCM/PSs, all Zonal Railways.

ADG/PR, EDV(T),EDFC,DF(C),PPS/FC, OSD/TC, F(C) & V(SS)
branches of Railway Board.

MD/IRCTC,B 148,11th Floor, Statesman House, Barakhamba Road,
New Delhi - 110001

General Manager/PRS-I, CRIS, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.

DG, Professor/Training & Professor/Commercial Railway Staff

College Vadodara

6,

The Principals, Zonal Railway ‘Training Institutes, Central
Railway/Bhusawal, Eastern Railway/Bhuli-Dhanbad, Northern
Railway/Chandausi, East Central railway/Muzaffarpur, NF

Railway/Alipurduar, Southern Railway/Trichy, South ___Central . _

10.

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Railway/Moula Ali, SE Railway/Sini, North Western
Railway/Udaipur. .

Director, Indian Railway Institute of Transport Management, Hardoi
Bypass Road, Manak Nagar, Lucknow-2260011.

General Secretary, National Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR),
3, Chelmsford Road, New Delhi.

General Secretary, All India Railwaymen Federation ( AIRE), 4, State
Entry Road, New Delhi.

Secretary General

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