Two authorised railway ticket reservation counters— Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendra (YTSK) - became operational in Dhanbad on Thursday.
local MP PN Singh inaugurated the suvidha kendras which opened under PPP mode. Beside others Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Railway Ashish Kumar was also present there. The first suvidha Kendra was inaugurated near Bank More while another was at Saraidhela Road.
Singh complimented Raj Kapoor Choudhary for coming forward to serve railway passengers.
Aims to expand facilities for issue of tickets both reserved and unreserved, Ministry of Railways has allowed public private partnership (PPP) in establishment and operation of computerised Passenger Reservation System (PRS)-cum-Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) terminals at centres which are called Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendra (YTSK), informed Kumar.
“All authorised railway ticketing agents are eligible to apply under the YTSK scheme”, he added.
The additional charges at YTSK counters are to be Rs30 per passenger for the second sitting and sleeper classes, while Rs40 per passenger for all other classes. Passenger for unreserved and for platform tickets would be charged Rs1 per ticket, informed Kapoor.
The working hours of YTSK will be from 5 am to 10 pm while the railway-run reservation counters operates from 8am to 8pm on Monday-Saturday and 8 am to 2 pm on Sunday.
Tatkal tickets can also be booked at these counters which will start half an hour later than railway counters, said Kapoor adding “AC tatkal tickets can be booked between 10.30 am and 11 am while Non-AC tatkal tickets can be booked between 11.30 am to 12 pm”.
The YTSK is authorised to cancel only those tickets booked at its counter however, YTSK tickets can be cancelled at any other railway reservation counters.“Concession tickets can not be booked at YTSK”, he said.