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DEVELOPMENTS
IN PRS:
HOW THE INFORMATION CAN BE UTILISED FOR IMPROVING THE SYSTEM
By:- ANURAG KAPIL
IRAS
Concept
of Passenger Reservation System
Simple ticket selling.
No
guarantee of seat.
Ticket & guarantee of accommodation.
Development
Of The PRS
Complications
Of The Reservation System
1. Large number of fares – telescopic, circulars etc.
2. Seven different classes of travel.
3. Thirty different quotas.
4. One hundred and twenty five different types of concessions.
5. Ninety different types of the layouts of the passenger coaches.
6. And in same fashion different types of refunds.
7. Accounting.
8. Excess and short fare remittances.
Path
Of Computerisation
· IMPRESS (Integrated Multi Train Passenger Reservation System)
CONCERT
(Country-Wide Network For Computerized Enhanced Reservation And Ticketing)
Information
in a Computerised Ticket
Train number
Date of travel
Distance
Class & Coach of accommodation
Originating & Destination station
Boarding station
Seat & Berth number
Sex and Age of the passenger
Charges paid in figures and words
Travel Authority
Time of departure at the boarding station and originating station
PNR number
Random number unique to train-date-class
Utilization
of Reports by the Traffic Accounts Office
Improvements
(Usually the Information is Delayed)
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