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continent ran over a stretch of 21 miles from Bombay to Thane. The idea of a railway to connect Bombay with Thane, Kalyan and with the Thal and Bhore Ghats inclines first occurred to Mr. George Clark, the Chief Engineer of the Bombay Government, during a visit to Bhandup in 1843 time of one month should be observed within which appointment should be given in

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Index 
 
Sl. No. 
Topic 
Page No. 
1 
Organizational Structure of Indian Railways 
4 
2 
Functions & Duties of Commercial Department 
8 
3 
Books of Reference 
10 
4 
Classes of Accommodation & Fare Structure 
12 
5 
Charging of fare, Rounding of Fare & Combined Fare of Ticket 
14 
6 
Categorization of Railway stations 
15 
7 
Luxury Trains in India , 139 Helpline No.& NTES 
16 
8 
Kinds of Tickets 
19 
9 
Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) & UTS On Mobile App. 
32 
10 
Jan Sadharan Ticket Booking Sewak (JTBS) 
37 
11 
Station Ticket Booking Agent (STBA) 
38 
12 
Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendra (YTSK) 
43 
13 
Guard Certificate (GC) 
44 
14 
Concessions 
47 
15 
Break Journey Rules 
56 
16 
Reservations of tickets 
58 
17 
Reservation Quotas 
63 
18 
Modification of Reserved Tickets 
66 
19 
Change of Name 
67 
20 
Booking of Special Coach / Trains on Full Tariff Rates 
68 
21 
Block Reservation / Group Reservation 
69 
22 
e-Ticketing 
70 
23 
I-Ticketing / Mobile Ticketing 
71 
24 
Booking of Foreign Tourists 
72 
25 
Tatkal Reservation Scheme 
73 
26 
Up gradation of Passengers 
74 
27 
Alternate Train Accommodation Scheme (ATAS) (VIKALP) 
75 
28 
Refund Rules 
77 
29 
Ticket Deposit Receipt (TDR) 
85 
30 
Computerized Coaching Refund Scheme (CCRS) 
87 
31 
Duplicate Tickets 
88 
32 
Railways Act 1989 (Sec 49 – Sec 59) 
89 
33 
Railways Act 1989 (Sec 123 – Sec 129) 
90 
34 
Passenger Amenities at Station and in Trains 
92 
35 
Facilities to Ladies / Waiting Room 
93 
36,37&38 
Luggage, Forwarding Note, Booking of Dog & Cat 
94-95 
39 
Parcels & PCEV Charges 
96 
40 
Delivery of consignment in absence of PWB. 
108 
41 
Wharfage rules for Parcels and Luggage traffic. 
109 
42 
Ticket Checking, Hand Held Terminals (HHTs) & Ticketless travel. 
111 
43 
Un booked Luggage & Various Types of Ticket Checks. 
119 
44 
Irregular Travel, Important Penalties and Offences 
125 
45 
Public Grievance Redressal Machinery (PGRM) & Rail MADAD 
129 
46. 
Disaster Management & Role of Commercial Staff. 
132

Introduction 
Indian Railways 
Lifeline to the nation… 
 
The first railway on Indian sub-continent ran over a stretch of 21 miles from Bombay to Thane. The idea of a 
railway to connect Bombay with Thane, Kalyan and with the Thal and Bhore Ghats inclines first occurred to 
Mr. George Clark, the Chief Engineer of the Bombay Government, during a visit to Bhandup in 1843. 
The formal inauguration ceremony was performed on 16th April 1853, when 14 railway carriages 
carrying about 400 guests left Bori Bunder at 3.30 pm "midst the loud applause of a vast multitude and to the 
salute of 21 guns." The first passenger train steamed out of Howrah station destined for Hooghly, a distance of 
24 miles, on 15th August, 1854. Thus the first section of the East Indian Railway was opened to public traffic, 
inaugurating the beginning of railway transport on the Eastern side of the subcontinent. 
 
In south the first line was opened on Ist July, 1856 by the Madras Railway Company. It ran between Vyasarpadi 
Jeeva Nilayam (Veyasarpandy) and Walajah Road (Arcot), a distance of 63 miles. In the North a length of 119 
miles of line was laid from Allahabad to Kanpur on 3rd March 1859. The first section from Hathras Road to 
Mathura Cantonment was opened to traffic on 19th October, 1875. 
 
These were the small’s beginnings which is due course developed into a network of railway lines all over the 
country. By 1880 the Indian Railway system had a route mileage of about 9000 miles. INDIAN RAILWAYS, 
the premier transport organization of the country is the largest rail network in Asia & the 4th largest railway 
network of the world. 
 
As of August 2024, the total route length of Indian Railways is 68,584 kilometers (42,616 miles). This 
makes it the fourth largest national railway system in the world. 
 
 
 
Brief about South Western Railway (SWR) 
South Western Railway has been operational since 1st April 2003 with headquarters at Hubballi in the state of 
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