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Commercial Circular No. 26 of 2018 · 2018-02-05
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 26 of 2018
File numberNo. TC-H/2033/2006/Policy/2
Date2018-02-05
TypeNFR Policy
Topiccatering
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Summary

Booking of FTR trains/coaches online through single window booking system by IRCTC., phase user type interface shall be required for CBS/nominated staff/officers of

Text of the circular

Bharat Sarkar (Government of India)
Rail Mantralaya (Ministry of Railways)
(Railway Board)

COMMERCIAL CIRCULAR NO. 96 OF 2018

No. TC-H/2033/2006/Policy/2 New Delhi, dated Oo] 05.2018

The Principal Chief Commercial Managers,
All Zonal Railways

The Principal Chief Operation Managers
All zonal Railways

Chairman & Managing Director,
Indian Railway Tourism and Catering Corporation (IRCTC)
_ New Delhi | .

Chairman & Managing Director,
CRIS, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

Sub: Booking of FTR trains/coaches online through single window
booking system by IRCTC., .

REF: Board’s Commercial Circulars No. 08 of 2018 dated 05.02.2018
and No. 14 of 2018 dated 15.02.2018. |

Further to the instructions issued vide Commercial Circular No. 08 of 2018
dated 05.02.2018 and Commercial Circular No. 14 of 2018 dated 15,02.2018,
the following additional instructions/ guidelines are issued on the subject:-

2. The following Railway stations in each Zonal Railway are nominated for
handling the complete commercial formalities related to the online booking of FTR
Trains/Coaches/Saloons, etc.:~

=
Zone

‘NZ

Railway Nomiated Railway stations _

NR New Delhi
NWR | Jaipur कि
NCR Allahabad
NER Lucknow Jn,
NFR Guwahati
ER_ Sealdah eo East Zone
SER Old Koilaghat Booking | East Zone
| Office
Bilaspur __
Patna

North Zone
-RO/Jaipur |

| RO/Lucknow
RO/Lucknow _
RO/Guwahati

EZ

SECR |
ECR

_| East Zone __
RO/Patna

--2/-

4, Other guidelines are as under:-

_| WCR Jabalpur

हर कि __|RO/Bhopal | WZ
(xi). | CR CSTM Wesi Zone ...
xii) Mumbai Central _| West Zone
xii). | SCR Secunderabad SCZ SCZ
(xiv). | ECoR Bhubaneswar ___| RO/BBS a
(xv). | SR Chennai — South Zone SZ |
(xvi). | SWR Bangalore ' | RO/SBC |

3. The following timelines should be followed for provisional confirmation, final
_ confirmation, inter-zonal Railways confirmation, submission of original folder for

refund, process of refund, etc.-

Different circumstances

Time limit

Provisional confirmation of indent

Maximum 15 working days
of the generation of FTR
number

‘Final confirmation of the indent

Minimum. 7 days in advance
of the date of journey.

‘| Inter-Zonal Railways confirmation.

Co-ordination will be made
by zonal Railways of
originating station and
confirmation shall be given by |
other related Railways within |
10 days. After that, the same

shall be considered deemed to

be confirmed by other Zonal :
Railways

| Calculation of charges/far es

| Maximum 5 working days

Submission of original folder/receipts
_ Lete., for final calculation/processing

of refund ete. by IRCTC/hei
_| representatives

Within a maximum period of
15 days of completion of the
journey

Process of refund or recovery of
excess charges, if any, after receipt of
the original folder/receipts etc.

By __ both Commercial
directorate and the Accounts.
directorate within 30 days
after receipt of the original
1 folder/receipts

Payment of final charges/fares in full
by IRCTC ं

At least 48 hours in advance |
of the departure of the train as |

per existing rule

(i) Zonal Railways shall intimate designations of the staff one each: from
Commercial Department and Operating Department to IRCTC for co-ordination
work. For this purpose, CPTMs of concerned zonal Ratlway may nominate

न,

-3.

suitable Officers/staff of Coaching Directorate for handling of FTR business. In
case of Commercial issues, required Officers/staff may be nominated by CCM

_ (PM) of the zonal Railways

(ii) In the first phase, security deposit of Rs. 30 lakh for special trains and two
lakh for special coaches on FTR shall continue till online provision is made
fully operational. Accordingly, maintenance of RDS account at each zonal
Railway shall be made operational during the 2™ phase

: (४) IRCTC nodal Office for each Zonal Railway will co-ordinate with the

nominated Officer/staff of nominated stations for getting the rate advise and in
turn advise fare to party/individual. The final payment of fare-to Railways shall
be made during 1° phase as per the

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