Railway passengers’ affiliation calls for unique ticket counter for these making digital cost

The Prepare Passengers’ Affiliation, Papanasam, has urged the Southern Railway to think about allocation of a counter solely for reserving/buying of tickets via digital funds.

Taking part within the Tiruchi Divisional Rail Customers Consultative Committee assembly held at Tiruchi on Thursday, affiliation secretary T. Saravanan stated that commuters making an attempt to buy open tickets on the eleventh hour to journey throughout peak hours at essential stations similar to Kumbakonam in Tiruchi Division discover it tough to finish the digital transaction course of on time. This impacts commuters ready within the queue to purchase tickets by paying money, he added.

Therefore, he stated, Southern Railway ought to think about opening a counter solely for passengers opting to finish the transaction via digital cost mode or putting in an ample variety of operated by hand ticket-vending machines at essential railway stations within the Tiruchi Division. Money cost reserving may very well be provided on the digital cost counters throughout the non-peakhours, he added.

Mr. Saravanan additionally demanded a cease at Papanasam railway station for the unreserved Tambaram-Nagarcoil Antyodhaya Categorical, a long-pending demand of commuters of the area.

Introduction of a brand new service to attach Thanjavur with Bengaluru, conversion of the weekend particular practice between Tambaram and Tiruchi as an everyday service, shelter on all the platform at Papanasam and Thanjavur Junction, shifting the products shed from Thanjavur Junction to an appropriate place at Thittai or Alakudu or Papnasam within the area have been the opposite calls for put forth by the affiliation on the assembly.

Security consciousness

In the meantime on April 2, the Authorities Railway Police, Kumbakonam, organised a security consciousness assembly for ladies at Kumbakonam Railway Station.

A Whatsapp group was fashioned by the police by accumulating cell phone numbers of girls passengers commuting each day on the Kumbakonam-Tiruchi and Kumbakonam-Mayiladuthurai part. The members of the group have been inspired to publish messages about any untoward incident they arrive throughout, if any, within the group throughout their journey. They have been assured that their identification can be saved confidential, sources added.