India / Indian Railway Ticket Booking ITCTC Update seat availability hht device

Indian Railway News: Indian Railways is continuously working to provide better facilities to the passengers. The festival of Holi is about to come and in such a situation, millions of people book railway tickets to go to their homes. People start booking tickets months in advance. But if you have to go somewhere suddenly, ticket booking becomes impossible. But with the online ticket system, the difficulties of the passengers have also started to go away.

Know whether the seat is vacant or not with this device

Whether the place is vacant in the train or not, it can be known from the hand held terminal ie HHT device of the railway. If a passenger cancels his ticket, then that vacant seat can be allotted to you. Through this device you will have to contact TTE, after which it will be clear in which coach the seat is vacant. Then the passenger can apply to book that seat. Significantly, at present TTE does not have the right to book the seat itself. This system has been kept according to online booking only.

Railway gave device to TTE

TTEs have been given 42300 devices in different zones. Apart from Southern Railway, South Central Railway, Western Railway, South Eastern Railway, Northern Railway has given this device to TTE. At present, online ticketing arrangements have been made through this device only in 4 zones. But by 2024, Northern Railway, Central Railway will also completely give this device to TTE for the convenience of passengers. Please tell that this device connects to the railway server. With this, passengers can easily get the information about the vacant berths in the train, from the next station the passenger can book the seat. Not only this, he can apply for RAC from the same station.