Every day, crores of people travel by train. The number of people travelling increases even more during the summer season because most families go out for a vacation. Everyone from small children to the elderly travels by train.
Lower berth for elderly
Many times the seats of elderly people or pregnant women are upper or middle, due to which both have to face a lot of problems. But Indian Railways has many rules and facilities for such people. Today in this news we will tell you that Indian Railways provides many types of facilities to elderly and pregnant women.
Lower berth for pregnant women
Senior citizens and pregnant women have a lot of trouble sleeping on the upper or middle berth. In such a situation, to make the travel of elderly and pregnant women easier, the railway has come up with a rule with the help of which you can now easily book lower berths for senior citizens. Please note that IRCTC has given information about allotment of lower berths to seniors.
The passenger tweeted
According to the information, a passenger had tweeted that while booking a train ticket for his uncle, he had chosen the lower berth option because his uncle had a problem in his legs. But despite this, the railways gave him the upper berth. Responding to this tweet, the Indian Railways wrote that if you book a ticket according to the general quota, then the seat allotment is given only when the seat is set.
Indian Railway system
If you book according to the quota, then the seat is allotted only when there are seats in the train. That is, this seat is given to the one who comes first and books it. If a seat is allotted in the general quota, no one can sit on his seat. Now in such a situation, you must be wondering what to do for the lower berth, so for this also Indian Railways told that if you book a ticket according to the reservation choice book only if a lower berth is allotted, then you will get the lower berth. Apart from this, you can also talk to the TTE for the lower berth. If there is a lower berth, then you will get it.