Lok Sabha Question No. 1230 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-14
Subject: Confirmation of Waitlisted Tickets
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1230 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2022

## CONFIRMATION OF WAITLISTED TICKETS

1230. SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether it is a fact that Eastern, South Eastern and North East Frontier Railway  (NFR)  zone  of  Indian  Railways  could  not  confirm  100  percent waitlisted tickets for south bound trains particularly for Chennai, Katpadi, Bangalore, Secunderabad etc;
- (b)  if so, the monthly average number of tickets that were issued/ sold and got confirmed and remained waitlisted during the last one year; and
- (c)  the  proposal  of  the  Government  to  confirm  100  percent  tickets  for patients going to southern parts of India for treatment and other purposes thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1230 BY SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 14.12.2022 REGARDING CONFIRMATION OF WAITLISTED TICKETS.

(a) to (c) On  Indian  Railways,  demand  of  reserved  accommodation    in trains is not uniform throughout the year and it varies over lean and peak periods.  During peak rush periods, the reserved accommodation especially in  upper  class  and  on  popular  routes  booked  on  priority  after  opening  of reservation  whereas  in  lower  classes  and  on  less  popular  routes,  the confirmed  accommodation  remains  available  for  comparatively  longer duration.  Moreover,  trains  running  on  popular  routes  and  convenient timings are generally well patronized.  The same is also valid for the trains going  from  Eastern,  South  Eastern  and  Northeast  Frontier  Railways  and going in different directions including South.

Waiting  list  position    of  all  the  trains  running  on  Indian  Railways including  those  going  to  Southern  part  of  India  is  monitored  on  regular basis  and  to  cater  to  additional  demand,  load  of  existing  trains  are augmented, special trains are run, new trains are introduced, frequency of existing trains is increased etc. subject to operational feasibility. Schemes like  Alternate  Train  Accommodation  Scheme  known  as  VIKALP  and Upgradation have also been introduced. In VIKALP confirmed accommodation  in  alternate  train  is  provided  to  the  eligible  passengers who  have  opted  for  the  same  and  in  upgradation  scheme  waiting  list passengers of  lower  class  are  provided  confirmed  accommodation  in  the higher class if there is a vacant accommodation in higher class and waiting list  in  lower  class.    Taking  such  steps  is  a  continuous  and  an  on-going process. The details  of  month-wise  daily  average  number  of  tickets  booked  and number  of  passengers  remained  on  waiting  list  after  preparation  of  first reservation charts during the last one year is appended. *****

APPENDIX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1230 BY  SHRI  SISIR  KUMAR  ADHIKARI  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN LOK  SABHA  ON  14.12.2022  REGARDING  CONFIRMATION  OF  WAITLISTED TICKETS.

(a) to (c):

Month-wise  details  of  daily  average  number  of  tickets  booked  and  number  of passengers remained on waiting list after preparation of first reservation charts

(figures in lakh)

| Month          |   Average Number of tickets booked |   Average number passengers booked |   of Average number waiting passengers booked |   of list Average number waiting passengers cancelled |   of list Average waiting list passengers confirmed after preparation of first reservation charts |   Average waiting list passengers remained on waiting list after preparation of first reservation charts |
|----------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| April 2021     |                              11.67 |                              20.92 |                                          3.73 |                                                  1.33 |                                                                                              2.1  |                                                                                                     0.29 |
| May 2021       |                               7.08 |                              13.35 |                                          2.45 |                                                  0.91 |                                                                                              1.43 |                                                                                                     0.1  |
| June 2021      |                               9.72 |                              17.89 |                                          3.48 |                                                  1.11 |                                                                                              1.91 |                                                                                                     0.45 |
| July 2021      |                              12.99 |                              23.15 |                                          3.73 |                                                  0.99 |                                                                                              2.26 |                                                                                                     0.48 |
| August 2021    |                              14.66 |                              25.72 |                                          4.05 |                                                  0.98 |                                                                                              2.57 |                                                                                                     0.5  |
| September 2021 |                              14.96 |                              26.12 |                                          3.97 |                                                  0.94 |                                                                                              2.53 |                                                                                                     0.49 |
| October 2021   |                              16.52 |                              29.36 |                                          5.12 |                                                  1.42 |                                                                                              3.03 |                                                                                                     0.67 |
| November 2021  |                              18.19 |                              33.43 |                                          7.53 |                                                  2.6  |                                                                                              3.61 |                                                                                                     1.32 |
| December 2021  |                              16.26 |                              29.67 |                                          6.13 |                                                  1.88 |                                                                                              3.21 |                                                                                                     1.04 |

| January 2022   |   13.91 |   24.53 |   4.03 |   1.04 |   2.59 |   0.40 |
|----------------|---------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| February 2022  |   15.48 |   27.82 |   5.52 |   1.58 |   3.05 |   0.88 |
| March 2022     |   16.34 |   29.51 |   6.16 |   1.93 |   3.21 |   1.02 |

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