As a part of its efforts to normalize passenger services and revert in a phased manner to the pre-COVID levels of services, the Indian Railways’ Passenger Reservation System (PRS) will be shut down for six hours (11:30 pm – 5:30 am) during the lean business hours of the night for the next few days.
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According to the Railway Ministry, this is to enable upgradation of system data and new train numbers, since a huge amount of old train numbers and current passenger booking data are to be updated in all Mail and Express trains.
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The activity is being performed since the intervening night of 14th and 15th November and will continue to take place until the night of 20th and 21st November.
See the official press release:
Railways Passenger Reservation System ( PRS) will be shut down for 6:00 hours during the lean business hours of the night for next 7 days
This is to enable upgradation of system data and updating of new train numbers etc.
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Except for the PRS, all other enquiry services, including 139 services will continue uninterrupted.
Also, the Indian Railways has issued an order to discontinue the ‘special’ tag for mail and express trains and revert to pre-pandemic ticket prices with immediate effect | Read here…
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