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Scheme for upgradation of waiting List Passengers

Commercial Circular No. 08 of 2006 · 2006-01-23
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 08 of 2006
File numberNo2005/TG-1/20/P/Upgradation
Date2006-01-23
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicreservation
CurrencyHistorical — likely superseded
Official PDFindianrailways.gov.in

Summary

Scheme for upgradation of waiting List Passengers ¢ No berths are vacant in LA class, so no passengers will be upgraded from IIA to TA —

Text of the circular

Government of india (Bharat Sarkar)
Ministry Of Railways (Rail Mantralya)
Rail Bhawan

इज मै मी

 No2005/TG-1/20/P/Upgradation New Delhi, Dated: 23/01/2006

The Chief Commercial Managers,

Central Railway, Mumbai.
Northern Railway, New Delhi. |

' Western Railway, Mumbai

(Commercial Circular No.8 of 2006)

Sub: Scheme for upgradation of waiting List Passengers

With a view to optimize the utilization of available
accommodation in train, a scheme to upgrade full fare paying waiting list
passengers to the next higher class against the available vacant
accommodation, has been prepared. A copy of the scheme is enclosed. It
has been decided to implement this scheme initially on the following two
pairs of trains on an experimenta! basis: -

i) 2951/2952 Mumbai Central-New Delhi Rajdhani Express

ii) | 2953/2954 Mumbai Central-H.Nizammudin August Kranti
Express.

The scheme will be made effective for trains departing from
26/01/2006 onwards from New Delhi, H.Nizammudin and Mumbai
Central Stations. Necessary action may kindly be taken to send intimation
to all concerned. Wide publicity may be given through all possible means
to educate the passengers about this scheme

(U.Hazarika)
Director Passenger Marketing
Railway Board. ©
Copy to:

1) MD/CRIS, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.

2) CCMs, all Zonal railways except CR, NR and WR.

3) CCM/PMs and CCM/PSs, all zonal railways.

4) EDV (T), EDFC, OSD/TC, V (SS), TG-V branches of Railway
Board.

5) Director/PRS, CRIS Chanakayapuri, New Delhi.

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Director General, Professor/Training & Professor/Commercial
Railway Staff College, Vadodara.

The Principals, Zonal Training Centers, Central Railway/Bhusaval,
Eastern Railway Dhanbad, Northern Railway, Chandausi, NE
Railway, Muzaffarpur, NF Railway, Alipurduar, Southern
Railway, Trichy, SE Railway, आप, Western Railway, Udaipur
General Secretary, national Federation of Indian Railwaymen
(NFIR), 3, Chelmsford Road, New Delhi. .

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

Secretary General, Federation of Ratlway Officers Assoctation
(FROA), Room No.365-A, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi

Secretary General, Indian, Railway Promotee Officers Federation
(RPOF), Room No.268, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi

Secretary General, Ali India RPF Association, Room No.549, Rail
Bhawan, New Delhi

दि Scheme For Upgradation Of Passengers — . a

6. if @ passenger, who has been upgraded, cancels his ticket, cancellation

7, Upgradation of passengers will be done in one class above only and will be as

1. The scheme will initially be applicable on a few selected trains with reserved
sleeping accommodation as a pilot project. This scheme will not be offered in
trains with only sitting accommodation (25, CC and EC Classes).

2. The scheme will be applicable only to the passengers who have booked their
tickets on full fare.. Concessional ticket/free pass holders will not be upgraded.
Concessional Tickets include senior citizens traveling on concession. _

3. Upgradation will not be done for Block booking transactions.
4. This. upgradation will 99 automatically done by PRS at the time of charting.
. The Train Conductors/Ticket Examiners will have no authority to upgrade any
passenger under this scheme on the train. However, the present system of
upgradation on collection of full fare difference by booking, reservation or
checking staff will continue as usual

5. The software to be developed by CRIS should provide for the option of = -
charging additional amount or otherwise for the upgradation

charges of the original class only will be payable

- per the following sequence

Sora ae
अब्कबाए
sree ए

8. Upgradation of the passengers from the lower class to the higher class will be
done after allotment of berths of all quotas (HO, FT, DF, PH ....) has been
done. After all allotment if any of these quota berths remain vacant then these
shali be released and RAC and waitlisted passengers of the same class will
be adjusted again

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