How to get lower berth while booking train ticket? Watch

A Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) from the Indian Railways recently explained how senior citizens can get lower berth while booking train ticket. 

The video, filmed onboard the Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express, is quite informative for passengers who often face problems in berth allotments under the senior citizen quota.

The TTE explained that only two passengers should be booked on a single ticket to avail the senior citizen quota and get a lower berth. If you include more than two people on the same ticket, the quota benefits lapse, he added.

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Important and useful train ticket booking hack... if you are senior citizen

Kudos to this TTE for calmly explaining this, He deserves a raise @RailwaySeva@AshwiniVaishnawpic.twitter.com/l5VJwATRKR

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What Indian Railways Says & Other Norms

Earlier this year, Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, while replying to the question in Lok Sabha, highlighted the Indian Railways’ ongoing efforts to provide lower berth accommodations to Senior Citizens, Women, and Persons with Disabilities

Senior citizens, female passengers aged 45 years and above, and pregnant women are automatically allotted lower berths subject to availability, even if no specific choice is indicated during booking.

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A dedicated quota of six to seven lower berths per coach in Sleeper Class.

Four to five lower berths per coach in Air Conditioned 3 Tier (3AC).

Three to four lower berths per coach in Air Conditioned 2 Tier (2AC).

This provision is available depending on the number of coaches in the train to ensure maximum convenience.

The facility of reservation Quota for Persons with Disabilities is applicable in all mail/express trains, including Rajdhani and Shatabdi-type trains, irrespective of whether concession facilities are availed or not

Four berths in Sleeper Class (including two lower berths).

Four berths in 3AC/3E (including two lower berths).

Four seats in Reserved Second Sitting (2S) or Air-Conditioned Chair Car (CC)