Bihar: Ticket counters functional at major railway stations

PATNA: The Danapur division of East Central Railway (ECR) has made passenger reservation system (PRS) counters functional at 15 different locations from Friday to issue computerized reservation journey tickets for travel by special trains from June 1.

Railways has proposed to run 22 pairs of mail and express trains on different routes under the ECR from June 1.

Booking of journey tickets has already started at both the IRCTC website and railways’ PRS counters.

Danapur divisional railway manager (DRM) Sunil Kumar said on Friday that PRS counters were functioning at Patna Junction, Rajendra Nagar Terminal, Patliputra Junction, Danapur, Patna Sahib, Ara, Buxar, Dildarnagar, Mokama, Biharsharif, Rajgir, Bakhtiyarpur, Lakhisarai, Jhajha and Jehanabad.

“Instructions have been issued to PRS supervisors and railway security personnel to maintain standard norms of social distancing while issuing tickets to passengers. Railways healthcare staff have been deployed at each of the 15 PRS offices to provide sanitizer and tissue paper to people visiting the PRS counters,” he said.

According to ECR chief public relations officer (CPRO) Rajesh Kumar, PRS counters were also made functional at all major stations in Sonepur, Samastipur, Dhanbad and Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya divisions from Friday. “At least three PRS counters located at the ECR headquarters in Hajipur have become functional, he said, adding RPF personnel have been closely monitoring the PRS functioning at these stations from safety point of view,” he said.