Title - New reservation counter at Rambagh station

ALLAHABAD: A new reservation counter has started operating at Allahabad city railway station, popularly known among denizens as Rambagh station of North Eastern Railway (NER) division. Counter number 296 can be used by passengers, provided he/she is among the passengers and comes with identity card. Called as self-reservation counter, it is the fourth reservation counter of Rambagh (Allahabad City) station. The counter had started functioning from July 13 this year and slowly becoming popular among passengers, who can avail the facility but with a rider that the person who comes at the reservation window should come with his or her identity card and his or her name should be among the passengers for whom the reservation is being done. The counter, which had been opened by the efforts of chief commercial manager of NER Arvind Kumar and senior divisional commercial manager C L Shah, functions between 10 am and 12 noon. The passengers can get normal as well as tatkal tickets being done from the counter.

"This counter is of immense help as it is free from touts like other counters," said Anurag Nepali. The idea should be implemented in most of the reservation counters and the corruption and inconvenience faced by the passengers would come down drastically, he added.

Another passenger said: "The counter has started functioning for around ten days and a large number of people are not aware of this facility. The timings should be extended."