Northern Railways closes booking for six east-bound trains

  • | Tuesday | 19th March, 2019

The northern railways has decided to now restrict the sale of tickets.Railway officials have said that they have closed the booking of six trains running between Ludhiana and Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. ``The number of waitlisted passngers are as high as 460. Ludhiana: Despite the initiative from railways to introduce special trains to cater to Holi rush, it has become a daunting task for the railways to cater to the increasing number of pasengers who are booking their tickets on waiting list. According to chief reservation supervisor of Ludhiana station reservation counter, Avtar Singh Kalra the reservation for these trains had been closed for the next few days. The number is higher especially for Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal bound trains.

Ludhiana: Despite the initiative from railways to introduce special trains to cater to Holi rush, it has become a daunting task for the railways to cater to the increasing number of pasengers who are booking their tickets on waiting list. The number is higher especially for Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal bound trains. The northern railways has decided to now restrict the sale of tickets.Railway officials have said that they have closed the booking of six trains running between Ludhiana and Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. According to chief reservation supervisor of Ludhiana station reservation counter, Avtar Singh Kalra the reservation for these trains had been closed for the next few days. ``Given the rising number of wait listed tickets especially in trains toward the eastern zone, the railways has decided to close the booking for the next few days and concerned officials at the booking counters have been informed.’’ He said despite additional coaches in these trains it has failed to solve the problem.He added that it s primarily the people from the migrant communities who are availing these trains and the rush is expected to continue for a few more days even after the festival.railway officials informed that the trains which had the large number of waiting list included Jallianwalla Bagh Express (running between Amritsar to Sealdah. ``The number of waitlisted passngers are as high as 460. The other trains which have a high waitlist numbers include Shaheed Express running from Amritsar to Jaynagar_the number of waitlisted passngers is as high as 275 amd the Kathiar and Saryuyamuna Express trains the number of waitlisted passngers are as high as 292 and 275 respectively,’’ said the official. Officials informed that the railways was also trying to ensure that the passengers do not take the help of railways agents during such situations, hence the inquiry services have also been strengthened for the benefit of the passengers.

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