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Indian Railway Shows The Green Light For Women's Reservation Quota.

The Indian railway has reserved certain berths for the female passengers regardless of their age, travelling alone or in group

OT Staff

Booking tickets for women in certain trains would now be an easy task. Now women can get tickets in their reserved berths irrespective of their age or whether they are alone or in group. This noble gesture from the Railway Board will now help the female passengers in attaining the desired tickets easily in the required class. Next time make sure to go through the extraordinary service by the railway to get access of a pleasant journey.

Tweeting this major change in reservation pattern of tickets, the Railway Ministry has decided to earmark reserved berths for women. A reservation quota of 6 berths in three AC classes in every all AC trains including Rajdhani and Duranto expresses. In Express and Mails there will be 6 sleeper berths will be provided for female passengers with 3 lower berths in each sleeper coach. In Garib Rath Express 6 berths have been allocated in three AC class coaches. There is special sleeping accommodation for pregnant women and senior citizens with 6 lower berths in every sleeper class and 3 lower berths in every 2AC and 3AC compartments. While in Rajdhani, Duranto and all AC trains, 4 lower berths have been kept aside for them. A lot of up gradation has come into the reservation system of Indian Railway in order to provide exceptional on board experience to the women.

No more hustling around while booking tickets for women, make use of the reservation quota and travel comfortably. This decision covers about every major train in the country proving it to be an unsurpassed facility for women.

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