There are many passengers who hold WL tickets and enter the Reserved compartments in almost every train. They fail to understand that as per Railway rules, passengers with WL tickets are not allowed to board the train/reserved compartments. This inconveniences all the other passengers with valid Reserved tickets in their respective coaches. This leads to a lot of arguments and unnecessary fights between passengers as some of the passengers are illiterate as well and do not seem to understand.
Secondly, in most cases, the TTE does not inform the Guard and detrain these WL passengers from the Reserved compartments. The rules also mention that the WL passengers have to cancel their tickets and the refund will be given immediately. But this seldom...
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happens. Now, from the WL passenger point of view, he has paid the ticket fare and is awaiting a seat and berth,subject to availability. The same is also applicable for RAC passengers. RAC indicates that a single seat/berth will be shared by 2 passengers. This creates a practical problem as one passenger will be a senior citizen and the other co-passenger has to adjust. In some cases, it is a family who has to bear the brunt. This leads to sleepless nights as both the passengers would be severely inconvenienced.
Therefore, to avoid all these problems, a New ticketing System has to be introduced
1. Only 72 tickets will be issued as RAC tickets in SL class and NO WL tickets in SL class.
2. A separate RAC Coach be attached similar to SL compartments for exclusively RAC passengers so that other passengers are not inconvenienced. The moment any berth is available, on FIFO basis the allotment would be done by the TTE and the passenger would move from RAC Coach to SL Coach. The subsequent UR passenger would get a seat in RAC in case he so desires after paying the difference fare.
3. No WL tickets will be issued in all AC coaches. A separate AC CC Coach with push back seats will be attached for all AC passengers with RAC tickets as common RAC Coach for AC passengers i.e only the AC CC fare would be charged and the moment any berth is free, the TTE will allot the same on FIFO basis after charging the difference fare.
4 All types of Special/VIP quotas will be scrapped for SL, 2AC & 3AC coaches. VIP quota will be available only in 1AC coaches.
5. Tatkal tickets will be only for Tatkal cases- incase of medical emergency, death, marriage, job interview etc. Currently the agents mint money by charging a premium of Rs 1000 for every Tatkal ticket which leads to corruption.
If no WL tickets are issued, then all the passengers would be happy as there would be tranquil and peace during travel and there would be no fights over seats/berths. The railways would anyway have to refund the amounts on WL tickets as these are not valid for travel, then why issue the same in the first place.
The job of the TTE would also be simplified with these changes and he may not be subject to too much pressure on allotting seats/berths.