Rail riders, take note! Internet booking will be unavailable till 03:45 p.m. today
Today, passengers are expected to face difficulties while reserving their tickets online.
The PRS will be closed for three and a half hours and 45 minutes. Between 23:45 hours on July 08, 2023 (Saturday) and 03:30 hrs on July 09, 2023 (Sunday), travelers will be unable to book their tickets via the Internet.
Affected states due to shut down of PRS system
Several states will be affected by the shutdown action. West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Sikkim, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, and parts of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra are among them.
The move will have an impact on the zones of the Eastern Railway (ER), South Eastern Railway (SER), East Coast Railway (ECoR), South East Central Railway (SECR), Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), and East Central Railway (ECR).
Services affected
The following services will be affected by the shutdown of the Passenger Reservation System (PRS). Internet Booking, Current Booking, Enquiries, Charting, and other connected services are among them.
Passengers will, however, be able to purchase suburban and non-suburban (local) train tickets through the UTS mobile application. They can also purchase them at train station ticket counters.
Regulation of trains
Meanwhile, due to the scheduled four-hour traffic block from July 07, 2023, to July 09, 2023, the railways have controlled the operations of the following trains.
22504 Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Superfast Express (Dankuni arrival at 01:27 hrs on July 08, 2023)
12508 Silchar-Trivandrum Aronai Express (Dankuni arrival at 00:10 hrs on July 08, 2023)
New Tinsukia-SMVT Bengaluru Superfast Express (Dankuni arrival at 00:10 hrs on July 09, 2023) will be diverted via Dankuni-Howrah-Kharagpur.
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