K'taka: Post Offices may sell Railway tickets

Bangalore, May 8: To ease the hardship faced by the traveling public in procuring ticket to travel in trains, it was contemplated to make available the tickets in Post Offices throughout the country.

South Western Railway (SWR) General Manager Praveen Kumar, talking to newsmen here today, said that Railway Board has initiated dialogue with Postal authorities in this regard and Post Offices may be authorised to sell Railway Tickets for various destinations.

He said that one Computer terminal may be provided to each post offices and the traveling public, instead of standing in que, may purchase tickets from nearest Post Offices.

Replying to a question about introduction of passenger service between Hassan and Mangalore, Mr Kumar said that there was some hitch in commencing the service as the Railway Safety Cell has imposed condition that only one train can run on the new track laid at a time i.e if passenger train was run, goods train cannot be run at the same time on the track for safety reason since the track pass through earth where landslides were common.

"However, we are confident that the new track was capable of taking load of both passenger as well as goods train at a time and the Railway Board has been contacted to direct the Safety cell to lift the condition. I am sure the issue would be solved soon and the much awaited service may begin soon", he added.

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