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Blog Entry# 4680
Posted: Apr 19 2009 (20:49)

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Apr 19 2009 (20:49)   03523/Madhupur - Giridih Passenger Special (UnReserved)
 
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How can I book lower berth quota? and Eligibility?
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if you book your tickets abt 1-2 months before journey, be it thru prs or irctc, you can opt for lower berth in the form and as so many berths are available, they allot the seats in lower berth. no problem in that. i have opted and got many times two lower berths in ord slpr, 3ac by booking throu irctc website, of course these were done well in advance, when there were more than 250+ seats available. i've tried upto 170 seats and had it. less than that i have not tried.
i am neither a sr citizen nor female, so the blogs commenting on lower berth quota are only partially correct.
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Ladies quota which has abt 4-6 in almost every SF train can only be booked by ladies and lower berth.
more discussions welcome.

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Oct 10 2009 (11:35)
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lower berths are kept for the sr citizens as the railway gives priority to sr citizens for alloting lower berths but these are not kept safe for them, while booking you can mention you choice @ prs to the booking clerk to allot lower berths wheather you are sr citizen or not
while booking through irctc you can also opt for the option to book the tickets only in case of lower berths are alloted
As the blogger @ Oct 10 11:14AM says that there should be large no of vacant seats to
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book in lower berth quota this is also not 100 % true.
This totally depends upon the seats accomodation available @ the time of booking.
Sometimes with higher availbility(say more than 70) it refuses to allot a single lower berth & sometimes with less seats available(say less than 10) I got two lower berths.

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Oct 10 2009 (16:44)
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what the blogers have mentioned is partially correct. There is a difference between Lower Berth Quota and preference of berth. Most of the blogers are giving correct information about preference of the berth at the time of booking.Here you can give preference of your choice, the same will be entered and if avilable alloted from the general quota. any one can opt for this. But Lower Berth seats/berths are alloted only for passenger "male 60 yrs & above and female 45 yrs & above who travel alone"
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Oct 10 2009 (16:54)
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Extract from budget speech 2007 and correspnding order
“Senior citizens and ladies face considerable inconvenience when they
are allotted upper or middle berths. Therefore, I have decided that a
quota of adequate lower berths will be provided in AC and Sleeper Classes
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Senior Citizens and women above the age of 45, travelling alone.”

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