ETW Staff– Mumbai
Indian Railways has developed a Retiring Room Application to computerise the booking of retiring rooms at railway stations. Indian Railways provides lodging facility through retiring rooms to its passengers at stations spread across the country.
At present, booking of retiring rooms has been computerised at 67 stations. The rooms can be booked on computer terminals placed at these stations as well as on internet through the website www.railtourismindia.com. Booking/cancellation, up-gradation and extension are some of the features available in the retiring room application.
Some of the basic features of retiring room application are; the rooms can be booked in advance (up to 60 days) through internet as well as on terminals at stations; based on the booked PRS ticket PNR number at the source and destination stations; the facility of booking of retiring room is available only on confirmed and RAC tickets; the rooms can be booked two days in advance based on UTS tickets, railway passes and other travel authorities only on terminals at stations.
