Train enquiries at local call rates across country soon

New Delhi, Feb 26 (UNI) People will soon be able to make train enquiries at local call rates from any part of the country by dialling a common telephone number.

The facility will be available from June to September in all the four regions of the country, Railway Minister Lalu Praasd Yadav announced in the Lok Sabha today while presenting the Railway budget for 2007-2008.

By dialling 139 at enquiry call centres to be established soon, passengers will be able to obtain information about arrival and departure of trains, seat availability and so on at local call rates from any part of the country.

The call centres will have international facilities like SMS alert. In future these centres will provide several services like Railway ticketing, taxi booking and hotel booking.

UNI