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Unreserved ticketing system (UTS)

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If the ticket is accounted for in the system but is not printed on the ticket stationary, the supervisor should be called, the ticket should be non-issued and shift terminated in his / her presence.

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# Unreserved ticketing system (UTS)

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# Particulars on UTS ticket:
From and To stations
Route, Class of Accommodation
UTS number,  Date of journey
Distance and fare
Date and time of issue and machine number / counter number

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Cash / Voucher
Ticket type
8 – digit pre printed number and a 4- digit machine printed ticket number
5 – digit Random number
Travel authority and concessional code, if any
Alpha code of progressive totals of transactions made.

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# Specifications for      pre-printed paper computerized passenger-ticketing system:

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UTS paper roll tickets are supplied with sprocket holes on both sides and of size 100mm X 64 mm (4”x 2.5”) with Indian Railway water mark and with Indian Railway back ground and advertisement on the reverse of the ticket.

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Each ticket roll contains 500 tickets serially numbered. The serial number of the ticket consists of 8 digits.
In each roll, the commencing number ends with 001 or 501 and closing number ends with 500 or 000.
The roll should have perforated lines after each ticket.

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# Maintenance of the registers in UTS - booking office:

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Charge handing over and taking over register of the operators: This should also be utilized as the Daily Train’s Cashbook for posting of the shift and day end summaries generated from the UTS.
Equipment Fault register
Failure register
Non – Issue register
Cancellation register
Special Cancellation register

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# Duties of the operator:
During the change over of the shift, the operator will pass an undertaking regarding the correct taking over of the UTS terminals, key boards and printers in the taking / handing over register.
He / She will check that the opening number as prompted by the UTS on the terminal physically tallies with the first ticket available in the printer.

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He / She will enter the correct Imprest and Personal cash in the UTS.
He / She will check that all characters are legible and correct slash number is printed on the ticket before the same is issued to the passenger.
Booking operator should manually cross and deface all Special Cancelled, Non- Issued and the Cancelled tickets.

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Operator is solely responsible for the distance entered in the Blank Paper Ticket.
He / She should ensure that no Blank Paper Ticket is issued to a destination which has already been fed in to the destination database.
He / She should permit all cancellations across the counter after verification of the data available in the system.

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The amount as displayed on the UTS screen is the same as acknowledged by the system through the summary generated by the terminal.
In case of discrepancies, the supervisor should be called and the hard copies should be generated from the system.

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In case of any failure and hard copy not being generated from the system, the cash of the shift should be deposited by the operator as per the coded alpha cumulative cash available on the next ticket stationary available on the printer.
Necessary remarks should be passed in the failure register and report the problem to the AMC contractor.

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# Duties of supervisor & operator at the beginning of the shift:

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Only authorized users as mentioned in the user register are permitted to work on the terminals.
The quality of the ink in the tape cartridge used in the ticket printer should be checked and it should be ensured that the figures and words are clear and legible.

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