• The Railways has stopped issuing sleeper class and higher class tickets from ordinary ticket counters and has started implementing this in Palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram divisions from Saturday However, if seats are available in these coaches, passengers can upgrade their ordinary tickets by paying extra money, and that too, with the permission of TTEs.
• Senior citizens also stand to lose their concession when tickets are upgraded inside the train as the TTEs don’t have the power to give them concession. The benefit for senior citizens is restricted to ordinary tickets issued at the booking counter.
• This...
more... will lead to more work for the TTE & ticket checking squad for collecting diff of fares in the train since many trains have earmarked deserved sleeper coaches and passengers make good use of them in daytime [eg Allp-Dhn, Kanyakumari-Mumbai, Sabari exp, Allp-Chn etc etc ]
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