According to a commercial circular (file attached) dated 17.12.2015 of IR, full names of passengers will have to be typed by booking clerks at PRS counters subject to a maximum number of characters and no abbreviation will be allowed. As far as I know up to sixteen characters can be typed by the booking clerks and if they mention the full name, the surname can remain incompletely typed if the surname is long. Now the point is if this will lead to any confusion during the journey when the TTE checks the name and tallies it with the name on the document serving as the ID proof. I think IR should increase the number of characters that can be typed to accommodate the full names of passengers whose surnames are long, or should figure out ways ensuring that no confusion occurs as a result of typing the full names subject to... more...
16 characters are more than enough for verification. If subrata roy chow gets typed instead of subrata roy chowdhary, its aautomatically understood. For that sake even 30 letters wont be sufficient for neeladri chandran chattopadhyaya
शुक्रवार को चक्रधरपुर रेलवे स्टेशन के विभिन्न स्टाल का चक्रधरपुर रेल मंडल के कमर्शियल इंस्पेक्टर सहित अन्य विभागीय कर्मचारियों द्वारा औचक निरीक्षण... चक्रधरपुर,...
मनोहरपुर रेलवे क्षेत्र में एक गर्भवती महिला द्वारा दो दिनों पूर्व बिना किसी मदद के नवजात बच्ची को जन्म देने का मामला प्रकाश में आया हैं। महिला दो... मनोहरपुर,...
आसनसोल के मंडल रेल प्रबंधक ने दुमका-बासुकिनाथ-जामताड़ा सेक्शन का निरीक्षण किया. उन्होंने दुमका गुड्स शेड का निरीक्षण किया और प्रदूषण नियंत्रण उपायों की जांच की. दुमका....
In response to past confusions with Train/Station updates and resulting fights and controversies, the following clear and objective guidelines are being issued, with no room for any arguments or debates about validity. Also, included, some other changes with respect to Ratings.
1. All Red Ratings will require further explanation. Red Ratings won't...
As announced previously, there are a few changes coming to IRI user accounts, based on past practices.
1. As before, you will be able to quickly DELETE your IRI User account at ANY time. However, the menu option for this was hidden in the profile page, and could not easily be located....
A new feature will be released soon, whereby you can follow blogs tagged with specific Trains & Stations. If you have already posted blogs tagged with some Train/Station, then you will be set to automatically follow that Train/Station. Thereafter, any future news/blogs tagged with those Trains/Stations will be marked to your...
These days, every other day, we are getting requests from members to allow email login to their FB-based IRI account. 10 years ago, we had given the option for users to login through FaceBook - in retrospect, this was a mistake. These days, apparently, users are quitting FaceBook in droves because...
Followup to: Fmt Changes
The new version of FmT 2.0 will soon be here - in about 2 weeks. As detailed in the previous announcement, many of the old FmT features like Train TT, Speedometer, Geo Location, etc. will be REMOVED. It will be a bare-bones simple app, focused on trip blogging.
It...
There are some changes coming to FMT. Many of the features of FMT, like station arrival, TT, speed, geo, passing times, station time, etc. are ALREADY available in OTHER railway apps. So all of these features will be REMOVED.
We'll have ONLY BLOGGING - quick upload of pics/videos/audio, etc. You may attach...
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