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Commercial Circular No. 29 of 2006 · 2006-03-23
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 29 of 2006
File numberNo.2006/TG-I/20/P
Date2006-03-23
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicreservation
CurrencyHistorical — likely superseded
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Summary

for journey from Delhi to Amritsar, he can seek reservation by any train

Text of the circular

Government of India (Bharat Sarkar) 
Ministry of Railways (Rail Mantralya) 
Rail Bhawan 
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No.2006/TG-I/20/P                  
   New Delhi, Dated:  23/03/2006 
 
The Managing Director, CRIS, Chankyapuri, New Delhi –21. 
 
The Chief Commercial Managers, 
All Indian Railways . 
 
 (Commercial Circular No. 29 of 2006) 
 
 
   
 
 
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In the present PRS system, a passenger is permitted to purchase 
tickets for stations even beyond the destination station of the train.  For 
example, a passenger can purchase a ticket from New Delhi to Madurai, 
travel upto Chennai by 2616 Grand Trunk Express and thereafter by 
another train.  In the process, he avails heavy telescopic benefit of fare.  It 
is also possible to book tickets on this train for going to Jabalpur which is 
not on the route of the train through two different stations i.e. via Nagpur 
and via Itarsi with reservation upto Nagpur/Itarsi.  Similarly, a passenger 
is also permitted to purchase tickets from any cluster of stations defined 
for a train even before the train originating station. For example a 
passenger can purchase a ticket ex. Jullundhur to Guwahati with 
reservation from Jullundhur to New Delhi. The reservation for the next leg 
of journey ex. New Delhi to Guwahati is done on zero value reservation 
slip based on original journey ticket.  Some frauds have been reported on 
such Zero Value reservation slips. 
 
 
Ministry of Railways have reviewed the matter and decided that 
PRS tickets will only be issued for any station where there is stoppage of 
the train in which the reservation is sought for.  Passengers will also be 
permitted to break journey as per extant rules and make subsequent 
reservation by any train.  For example, if a passenger wants to travel from 
Mumbai to Amritsar with break journey at Delhi, he can purchase ticket 
from Mumbai to Amritsar (with telescopic benefit) with reservation upto 
Delhi by 2903 Golden Temple Mail (which terminates at Amritsar) and 
for journey from Delhi to Amritsar, he can seek reservation by any train 
which goes to Amritsar.  But if he wants reservation from Mumbai to 
Delhi by 2471 Swaraj Express which does not go to Amritsar, he will be 
issued ticket upto Delhi only and not upto Amritsar.  For travel from Delhi 
to Amritsar, he will be required to purchase fresh ticket, in which case he 
will not be entitled for telescopic benefit.

Circular tour tickets will continue to be issued manually and 
reservation will also be granted on such circular tour tickets as pre bought 
tickets.  However, no manual single return/journey tickets should be 
issued to cover the earlier cluster journey tickets of PRS. 
 
In view of above, it is desired that henceforth the cluster stations 
defined in the system may be suspended/deleted.  The system of issuing 
BPTs from PRS should also be disabled.  Necessary changes may be 
carried out by CRIS.  Action may be taken to implement the provision 
w.e.f.01/04/2006, under intimation to this office.  
 
(R.K.Tandon) 
Executive Director, Passenger Marketing, 
Railway Board.  
 
 
Copy to: 
 
 
xii. CCM/PMs and CCM/PSs, all zonal railways. 
xiii. MD, CRIS, Chanakayapuri, New Delhi.  
xiv. EDV (T), EDFC, OSD/TC, V (SS), TG-V branches of Railway Board. 
xv. Director General, Professor/Training & Professor/Commercial Railway 
Staff College, Vadodara. 
xvi. 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, Sini, Western Railway, Udaipur. 
xvii. General Secretary, national Federation of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR), 3, 
Chelmsford Road, New Delhi.  
xviii. General Secretary, All India Railwaymen Federation (AIRF), 4, State 
Entry Road, New Delhi. 
xix. Secretary General, Federation of Railway Officers Association (FROA), 
Room No.365-A, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi. 
xx. Secretary General, Indian Railway Promotee Officers Federation

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