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e-tickets - Additional Facilities

Commercial Circular No. 2 of 2008
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 2 of 2008
File numberNo.2004/TG-I/10/P/e-ticketing
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicreservation
CurrencyHistorical — likely superseded
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e-tickets - Additional Facilities some passengers confirmed or RAC status and some on waiting list, all

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Government of India (Bharat Sarkar)
Ministry of Railways (Rail Mantralya)
Rail Bhawan

NO:2004/TG-I/10/P/E-Ticketing New Delhi, Dated: ¥ /01/2008

The Chief Commercial Managers,
All Indian Railways.

(Commercial Circular No. 2 of 2008)

Sub: e-tickets - Additional Facilities.

Please refer to this office letter No.2004/TG-I/10/P/e-ticketing dated
22/12/2004 and 09/12/2005 on the subject quoted above. The matter has been
further reviewed in consultation with CRIS & IRCTC and it has been decided as
under: -

1. The facility of booking waiting list e-tickets will be extended to the
passengers and they should also be able to take print of Electronic Reservation
Slip (ERS) at the time of booking itself.

2. The status of these tickets may get updated on account of cancellation of
already booked tickets etc. and the status after preparation of charts may be either
fully confirmed/RAC/waiting list or combination thereof. These cases will be
dealt with as under: -

A. Fully confirmed/RAC or combination thereof

Names of the passengers whose status at the time of preparation of charts
is fully confirmed/fully RAC or combination thereof will appear in the
chart and they can undertake their journey.

B. Fully Wait Listed Passengers

a. Fully waitlist tickets (the tickets in which on one PNR, ail the
passengers are on waitlist) PNRs will be dropped from the
reservation chart but not from the system.

b. There will not be any automatic cancellation.

c. Such passengers will be allowed to send online request for
cancellation as per existing rules of railways.

d. IRCTC will indicate necessary instructions on their website as under
for the information of passengers on this account, which will be
displayed at the time passenger gives acceptance for booking
waitlisted e-tickets.-

* On a PNR which has all the passengers on waiting list at the time of
charting, the names of such waitlisted passengers will not appear in the
charts and such passengers, if found travelling, will be treated as
unauthorized and charged accordingly. However, on a PNR which has

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some passengers confirmed or RAC status and some on waiting list, all
the names including those on waiting list will appear in chart.”

Cc. Part Confirm/RAC/Waiting List

a. Ifon one PNR there are more than one passenger and one passenger
is having confirmed/RAC status and rest are on waiting list or vice-
versa, names of all the passengers booked on such PNR will appear
in the chart.

b. A certificate can be obtained from the Ticket Checking staff in the
train regarding non-travelling of wait-listed passengers on such
tickets. Refund can be obtained thereafter.

c. If all such passengers do not want to travel before chart preparation,
online cancellation can be done as at present. However, after chart
preparation, online request can be sent to IRCTC for seeking refund.
IRCTC will arrange the refund as per extant refund rules after
verification of the same from zonal railways concerned.

3. The facility of change of name and boarding point will also be
permissible on e-tickets as per extant procedure applicable for normal PRS ticket
through Railway Reservation Offices and these facilities will not be available on
line.

4, CRIS & IRCTC will make necessary modifications in software under
intimation to all zonal railways and Board’s office and intimate the date from
which these changes will be given effect.

5. Zonal Railways should take necessary action to educate all concerned
specifically Ticket Checking Staff about the above said features of e-ticket
scheme and any complaint on account of its ignorance should be viewed
seriously.

This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of Ministry of

Railways. .
Ole qanil
(U. Hazarika)
Director Passenger Marketing,
Railway Board.
No.2004/TG-I/10/P/E-Ticketing New Delhi, Dated: /01/2008
Copy to:

FA & CAO, All Zonal Railways
Director (Audit) All Zonal Railways

For Financial Commissioner

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