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IndianRailways ticketing at petrol pump
Patna 25-Aug-2007
The first railway reservation ticketing facility at petrol pump M/s Ritwick's Petro Shopee, Rukunpura was inaugurated on Friday by the general manager of IndianOil (Bihar office), Abhay Jha. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has entered into an agreement with the IndianOil and the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) to sell railway tickets through e ticketing' from their retail outlets. The step is to check touts and reach directly to the people. It also promises value-added services. Ticketing facility being inaugurated at Rukunpura. The IRCTC has signed a two-year agreement with BPCL and IOCL to offer e-ticketing services through their dealer and distributor network across the country. This facility has already started at 36 locations in Chennai, Bengaluru,Bhubaneswar, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune and New Delhi. The IRCTC provides the facility for transacting with the Indian Railway PRS System through the Internet. Speaking on the occasion, Jha said by the first week of September, two more retail petrol outlets, one on bailey Road and the other at Kankarbagh, would start providing the services of e ticketing. While booking tickets through these outlets, a passenger will have to pay an additional Rs 20 to Rs 40 for sleeper class and Rs 40 to Rs 50 per ticket for AC class.
Patna 25-Aug-2007
The first railway reservation ticketing facility at petrol pump M/s Ritwick's Petro Shopee, Rukunpura was inaugurated on Friday by the general manager of IndianOil (Bihar office), Abhay Jha. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has entered into an agreement with the IndianOil and the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) to sell railway tickets through e ticketing' from their retail outlets. The step is to check touts and reach directly to the people. It also promises value-added services. Ticketing facility being inaugurated at Rukunpura. The IRCTC has signed a two-year agreement with BPCL and IOCL to offer e-ticketing services through their dealer and distributor network across the country. This facility has already started at 36 locations in Chennai, Bengaluru,Bhubaneswar, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune and New Delhi. The IRCTC provides the facility for transacting with the Indian Railway PRS System through the Internet. Speaking on the occasion, Jha said by the first week of September, two more retail petrol outlets, one on bailey Road and the other at Kankarbagh, would start providing the services of e ticketing. While booking tickets through these outlets, a passenger will have to pay an additional Rs 20 to Rs 40 for sleeper class and Rs 40 to Rs 50 per ticket for AC class.