New Delhi: Indian Railways has changed the rules of advance reservation. According to the new rule, now tickets can be booked only 60 days in advance. Earlier its time was 120 days i.e. four months. Indian Railways said that this will benefit the railways as well as the passengers. We will tell you about the new rules of the railways.

Indian Railways has changed the advance reservation rules many times. Railways has taken this decision many times in the interest of time and passengers. In the image given below, we have told when the rules of advance reservation have changed.

There will be less fraud

The Railway Ministry said that many passengers book tickets 120 days in advance but later cancel them. At the same time, many people also commit fraud by blocking tickets. Due to these two major reasons, the Railways has changed the rule.

If we look at the data released by the railways, we will find that 21 percent of tickets are cancelled and 4 to 5 percent of passengers do not travel at all. In such a situation, those passengers who are entitled to seats do not get them. The railways has sent the guidelines of the new rules to all stations and ticket counters.

Railways clearly said that passengers who have booked train tickets 120 days in advance will not be affected. They can travel comfortably on that ticket. Actually, this rule has come into effect from November 1. Till October 31, the time for advance ticket booking was only 120 days.  

However, according to the notification issued by Indian Railways, there is no change in the ticket booking rules of "Taj Express" and "Gomti Express" trains.

There will be help in running special trains

Railway officials said that after the implementation of the new rule, the railways will be able to plan special trains properly. With this rule, the railways can accurately estimate the number of passengers and can run the right number of special trains to control the crowd at the station during the festive season.

AI will allot seats

Indian Railways will now use artificial intelligence to improve its seat allotment technology. After the introduction of AI, the process of seat allotment will become much easier. Actually, the AI ​​system will allot seats keeping in mind the passenger data and the vacant seats. The seat chart in the train is prepared four hours before departure. The AI ​​system will prove to be very helpful for passengers like senior citizens and pregnant women etc. because the system will give them priority first.

Foreign tourists will not be affected

Indian Railways' advance reservation rules will not apply to foreign tourists. They can book tickets 365 days in advance. Indian Railways made the tenure of advance reservation 1 year to provide convenience to foreign tourists.