[Update] Indian Railway Alerts Users to Mention Their Contact Details While Booking Tickets

In a recent official announcement over Twitter, Indian Railways has issued an alert on the on-going ticket booking procedure. Every traveler is ought to mention their contact number while booking tickets with Indian Railways. While most of the travelers fill up every detail but, at times they fail to mention their contact number while booking tickets. Indian Railways has asked every traveler to mention their contact details. RailRecipe, brings to you more info on what the update is all about here.

What’s the Update?

Indian Railways has observed that some of the passengers who might book or buy tickets through the travel agents don’t furnish their phone numbers while booking tickets. The PRS or “Passenger Reservation System” details require these details in order to update any change of schedule of the running trains. In case the number mentioned with PRS is not of the actual traveler who is traveling, it might lead to un-wanted escalations. Such passengers might fail to receive any update on the revision of train schedules.

Here’s the official update:

Easter Cental Railways (ECR) has tweeted from their official account as:

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— Eastern Railway (@EasternRailway) December 6, 2020

We all are aware that the special trains are running during this pandemic and Indian Railways has started sending updates via SMS on any journey update. So, it becomes mandatory to mention the actual traveler’s contact details to receive all the updates related to the journey. If you are traveling via train, don’t forget to update your phone number details while getting ticket from all sources. You can also pre-book your food orders in train journey and get safer food delivery on your berth.

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