Team News Riveting
New Delhi, December 19
The waiting list in the trains would continue and would not end with effect from 2024 as reported in a section of the media.
Various newspapers and online publications have given wide coverage to draft the National Rail Plan. The Indian Railways had developed a long-term strategic plan for infrastructural capacity enhancement along with strategies to increase modal share of the Railways.
The National Rail Plan would be a common platform for all future infrastructural, business and financial planning of the Railways. The plan would be circulated among various Ministries for their views now. Railways aim to finalise the Final plan by January 2021.
Some of the news reports appear to suggest that Railways has said that there would be No waiting list with effect from 2024 or only confirmed tickets would be available by 2024.
“Railways would like to explain and clarify that efforts are being made to increase the capacity to make trains available on demand. This would reduce the possibility of passengers getting waitlisted,” an official statement said. Wait list is a provision that remains whenever the demand for travelers in a given train is more than the number of berths or seats available.
The provision is not being done away “Waitlist” is a provision which act as a buffer to mitigate the fluctuations in demand and availability, the statement said.
