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Indian Railways have introduced Hand Held Terminals (HHT) for Travelling Ticket Examiners (TTEs) as a pilot project on select trains. These electronic devices have been introduced with a view to bring in more transparency in allotment of berths and seats on running trains and reduce the scope of illegal sale of berths and seats by TTEs.
“TTEs have been armed with HHT devices in 11 select pairs of trains on different routes. Based on the response that we receive, the proposal to extend it to other remaining trains would be considered,” a senior railways official said here on Monday.
The HHT devices would help TTEs mark whether the passengers who have a confirmed ticket have turned up or not. The device would then disseminate the information to the designated person at the next station in real time.
“This would give real time information to concerned officials at the next station about the exact number of berths or seat vacant, so that they could be utilised optimally,” railway officials said, adding, “The details could also be then put on the website.”
Railways have been receiving complaints about illegal sale of vacant berth by TTEs, causing revenue loss to Railways. Now with the introduction of the new system, department officials claimed, TTEs would be required to immediately report to the next station the number of vacant seats.
If a vacant seat is allotted to any passenger, the HHT would be used to generate the ticket and the information would be immediately sent to the next stations.
“TTEs have been armed with HHT devices in 11 select pairs of trains on different routes. Based on the response that we receive, the proposal to extend it to other remaining trains would be considered,” a senior railways official said here on Monday.
The HHT devices would help TTEs mark whether the passengers who have a confirmed ticket have turned up or not. The device would then disseminate the information to the designated person at the next station in real time.
“This would give real time information to concerned officials at the next station about the exact number of berths or seat vacant, so that they could be utilised optimally,” railway officials said, adding, “The details could also be then put on the website.”
Railways have been receiving complaints about illegal sale of vacant berth by TTEs, causing revenue loss to Railways. Now with the introduction of the new system, department officials claimed, TTEs would be required to immediately report to the next station the number of vacant seats.
If a vacant seat is allotted to any passenger, the HHT would be used to generate the ticket and the information would be immediately sent to the next stations.
