LAHORE – Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has announced that PR reservation counters were being opened at seven big railway stations, besides online booking to facilitate the passengers.
In a video message on Thursday, he said that the decision was taken to reduce the load on the online system which was causing problems for the passengers.
ٹرینوں کی ٹکٹوں کی خریداری کے حوالے سے اہم اعلان. pic.twitter.com/TAhAmtYwRy
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) May 21, 2020
In this regard, single window would be opened for ticket reservation in Rawalpindi,Lahore, Karachi, Multan, Sukkur, Peshawar and Quetta railway stations under standard operating procedures (SOPs) .
The minister said that the passengers would be able to purchase tickets from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. under 60 per cent occupancy policy.
He said that it was equal responsibility of passengers as well as the railway staff to opt all precautionary measures to protect themselves from coronavirus , however, all railway officers had been directed to remain available to help the passengers.
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