SMS Alert Service For Waiting Listed Railway Passengers From 2014

SMS Alert Service For Waiting Listed Railway Passengers

NOW you will no longer have to dial 139 or visit the rail website to cheek the status of your wait-listed ticket as the railways will now send booking status messages to passengers on mobile phones, if the tickets get confirmed before the journey.

"For the last 10 days the trial was going on and today we formally launched the SMS alert service for all passengers whose wait-listed tickets get confirmed." M mister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said here. He said everyday about four lakh passengers will get SMS alert on their mobiles about the status of their waitlisted tickets.

The software for the SMS-based service has been developed by CRIS, the technological arm of railways.

"The status of the waitlisted tickets will be communciated through SMS on the passenger mobile phone number given at the time of booking ticket. So now you will get status alert on your mobile once tl»e waitlisted ticket becomes reservation against cancellation (RAC) and also when it gets finally confirmed,' ClKwdhury said. It was a Rail Budget proposal and the Government was a committed to providing it to passengers free of cost, he said after launching the SMS Gateway service.

"Passengers want to know about the status of the ticket and the new service is certainly going to benefit passengers and also help reduce load on the railway website." Railway Member (Traffic) DP Pandey said.

Pandey said not only the status of the ticket, passengers will also get the exact position of the coach and berth number.

"Passengers will get the status alert three hours before with their coach number and berth number."

Gondia - Chappara New Train From 27 Oct 2013

Gondia - Chappara New Train From 27 Oct 2013

AT A GRAND public junction organised on Sunday at Gondia Railway Station. Union Minister Praful Patel will flag off the new train between Gondia-Chappara. Railway Board has given green signal to the new 15117/ 15118 passenger train. MLA Gopaldas Agrawal, MLC Rajendra Jain, SECRs General Manager Arya. Divisional Railway Manager S L Verma and other officials are likely to grace the occasion.

The train will travel across five states and will he of great utility for the people of Gondia and nearby region as uptill now they have to go either to Nagpur. Jabalpur or to Raipur to catch the train for Allahabad and onwards.

Organizers have appealed people to remain present in good numbers at the programme.

Pertinently it will be third train which the people will get with the fruitful efforts of Praful Patel after Maharashra Express and Vidarbha Express.

This new train significance as the extension of Sarnath Express was announced in Rail Budget but following the strong oppose of all parly leaders from Chattisgarh . the extension was delayed.

But committed Patel usine his power at the center managed to bring the all new train for the people of his home town.

According to rail official the train will run biweekly and later railways may increase frequencies of the same.Already a new rake is been departed for Gondia from Chennai, it's gathered.