In a significant development, the railways have now enhanced the distance limitation of booking unreserved tickets on UTS App for both local trains and passenger trains.
According to reports, on November 7, the railways will now allow them to book unreserved tickets on the UTS mobile app from a distance of upto 20 km from a station on non-suburban sections, up from 5 km now.
Meanwhile, in suburban areas, the distance has been enhanced to 5 km from the existing 2 km.
This is likely to bring a sigh of relief among passengers, especially Mumbai local train commuters. In addition, this facility is a big leap in unreserved ticketing and a boon to the rail users, said railway officials.
The Railway Board issued fresh instructions to all zones, giving effect to the new proximity norms, a longstanding demand of commuters travelling in general coaches of daily passenger trains and distance trains.
“Any Zonal Railway which desires to further increase this restriction of 5 km up to 10 km shall inform CRIS of the actual distance restriction desired,” the railways stated.
For those unversed, The UTS mobile app allows booking of season tickets, monthly passes and platform tickets, saving passengers time and sparing them long queues at ticket counters.
Before these changes, the Railways’ Unreserved Ticket Booking System (UTS) app allowed commuters in non-suburban sections to book a ticket from upto 5 kms from a station. For the suburban section, the uniform distance restriction for booking ticket through UTS on Mobile was 2 km which has now been enhanced to 5 km.
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