Cancellation of trains – Information through SMS to passengers
SMS based alert service for cancelled Trains
Ministry of Railways has started yet
another passenger friendly measure on pilot basis, under which SMS
messages would be sent to passengers informing about train cancellation
in case the train in which they have booked their tickets for is
cancelled due to unavoidable circumstances. Under this pilot project,
the SMS messages are being sent to those passengers who are boarding at
originating station. At a later stage, this will be extended to cover
enroute station also. This exclusive SMS based service has been
commenced on all India basis.
The SMS will be sent to their respective
mobile numbers entered by them in reservation slips while buying
tickets from PRS counters or while purchasing online e-tickets. The
cancellation information would be sent quite in advance to the
passengers for their convenience so that it may help them plan
alternative arrangement in time. To avail this facility, passengers are
advised to invariably mention their mobile numbers on the reservation
slips.
The software for this service has been
developed by Center for Railway information systems (CRIS), the
information technological (IT) wing of the Indian Railways.
Source: PIB News
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