<p> The Railways will now outsource booking of tickets through the Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendra’s to be set up and operated by private players. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“However, the tickets purchased at these counters will be of different colour, may be red. Only general quota tickets will be sold,” a railway official told Deccan Herald. <br /><br />These counters will charge Rs 30 and Rs 40 per passenger for sleeper and AC classes respectively. Service charge of Re 1 per passenger will be charged for unreserved tickets. <br /><br />The counters will remain open from 9 am-10 pm from Monday to Saturday and 9 am-8 pm on Sunday. For cancellation, the service charge will be 50 per cent of the amount charged for booking the ticket. <br /><br />However, these counters will not be permitted to book tickets against Defence Department and Foreign Tourist quota. <br /><br />Concession vouchers, including those that are availed by freedom fighters, MPs and MLAs, cannot be used to book tickets at these counters. <br /><br />The booking hours for Tatkal Tickets will start from 11 am. <br /><br />The terminals, computers, ticket printers, modems and other apparatus have to be purchased by the private players from the railways or they can put it up on their own. <br /><br />The railways, however, will supply ticket rolls free of cost. Loss or disfiguring of a ticket will invite heavy penalties. <br /><br />The private parties will share 25 per cent of the service charge earned from reserved tickets with the railways. The revenue earnings from unreserved tickets will remain with them. <br /><br />The railways is denying the charge that the move is a kind of privatisation of the services. <br /></p>
<p> The Railways will now outsource booking of tickets through the Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendra’s to be set up and operated by private players. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“However, the tickets purchased at these counters will be of different colour, may be red. Only general quota tickets will be sold,” a railway official told Deccan Herald. <br /><br />These counters will charge Rs 30 and Rs 40 per passenger for sleeper and AC classes respectively. Service charge of Re 1 per passenger will be charged for unreserved tickets. <br /><br />The counters will remain open from 9 am-10 pm from Monday to Saturday and 9 am-8 pm on Sunday. For cancellation, the service charge will be 50 per cent of the amount charged for booking the ticket. <br /><br />However, these counters will not be permitted to book tickets against Defence Department and Foreign Tourist quota. <br /><br />Concession vouchers, including those that are availed by freedom fighters, MPs and MLAs, cannot be used to book tickets at these counters. <br /><br />The booking hours for Tatkal Tickets will start from 11 am. <br /><br />The terminals, computers, ticket printers, modems and other apparatus have to be purchased by the private players from the railways or they can put it up on their own. <br /><br />The railways, however, will supply ticket rolls free of cost. Loss or disfiguring of a ticket will invite heavy penalties. <br /><br />The private parties will share 25 per cent of the service charge earned from reserved tickets with the railways. The revenue earnings from unreserved tickets will remain with them. <br /><br />The railways is denying the charge that the move is a kind of privatisation of the services. <br /></p>
