1. P ASSENGER RAILWAY RESERVATION AND RAILNET Presented by : Anshu Sharma

2. H ISTORY  Passenger Reservation System in 1985.  Booking Terminals.  Interactive voice Response System.  Touch Screen.  Passengers operated Enquiry Terminals.

3. P ASSENGER R ESERVATION S YSTEM PRS networking of entire Indian Railway was completed in April 1999. Internet booking tickets in August 2002. Tatkal converted to separate coach in 2004 Internet booking extended from 4 a.m. to 11.30 p.m. from March 2005. 1 million passenger transactions in one day.

4. R ESERVATION S YSTEM  Any Reservation counter from 8 am to 8 pm.  Prior to 60 days of Journey.  One form for 6 persons only.  Reservation done through pre defined Logic.

5. T YPES OF R ESERVATION  Confirm Reservation for confirm Seat.  Reservation against Cancellation.  Waiting list Reservation.  Online Reservation.  Tatkal Reservation.

6. P ROCESS OF R ESERVATION Passenger writes reservation requisition form. Submits to counter clerk. Counter clerk enters form data. Triggers R and T processing. On ok processing, Triggers ticket printing. Issues ticket to Passengers. Update the system status.

7. PRS E NQUIRY S YSTEM  Indian Railway’s web-site, www.indianrail.gov.in offers PRS enquiries on the internet Berth/Seat availability, Passenger Status, Fare, Train Schedule etc  A maximum of 42 laces hits per day have been recorded  National Train Enquiry System (NTES) website, www.trainenquiry.com gives dynamic information about the running status of any train and its expected arrival/departure at any given station

8. C ONTI …..  Mobile telephone based SMS enquiry service  A new mobile phone based facility for rail users’ viz., Train Delay Alert Service  Country wide extension of Universal Rail Enquiry number “139” through setting up of Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS)

9. S PEED & A CCURACY Less than 1 sec for local transactions. 3 sec for network transaction. Capable for providing transaction for 22 hrs per day. Uptime of PRS is 99.5 + %.

10. P REMIUM P ASSENGER S ERVICE Offered through Mail express, super fast, Rajdhani & Shatabdi Trains. About 1520 Trains runs daily. Variety of services : AC first class. AC sleeper. First class. AC three tier. AC chair car. Sleeper class Ordinary chair car.

11. C ONCERT & C OMPLEXITIES 44 types of quotas. 8 types of trains. 9 types of classes. 162 types of concessions. 127 types of bogies.

12. U SING FOR I NFORMATION T ECHNOLOGY A large complex Infrastructure System such as Indian Railways can benefit greatly from the intelligent use of IT. Objectives : Freight Revenue enhancement. Passenger Revenue enhancement. Improved & optimized service.

13. R AILNET RAILNET GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS Procurement, installation & Commissioning of server, Router, Switches, Modems etc. Testing & Commissioning of DATA links Loading and Configuration of System Software Training of Railway Personnel as per Contact Agreement Zonal Railways. Establish their Local Area Network as per their needs.

15. R AILNET C OMPRISES 1.Intra-net 2.Inter-net Objectives Railnet is used to provide following services Creation of web pages Electronic transfer of data used for monitoring and coordination purpose Voice over IP. Video Conferencing Web based application software development Fax services Web Surfing( Browser usage for internet and intranet) Change from Periodic Recording to information on demand Facilitate quick and efficient automatic status update between Railway Board & Zonal Railways through our own Intra Railway

16. Thank You