Tech devices for TTEs now in Vizag, no paper based charting in trains

Visakhapatnam: Travelling Ticket Examiners (TTEs) in Waltair Railway Division will no longer be required to carry reservation charts, as they are to be equipped with handheld terminal (HHT) devices to provide reservation status to passengers in a running train.

The HHT system was formally inaugurated by Divisional Railway Manager Anup Satpathy in Vizag. A total of 78 HHTs were allotted to the TTEs and training is also being given to them for effective utilisation of the devices.

Automatic generation of occupancy charts for TTEs, automatic updation of not-turned berths thereby enabling quicker refund to the passengers, availability of information of vacant berths on train at ensuing stations on the train route as well as on the internet and sending data of after charting cancelled passengers every hour to the HHT devices to avoid fraudulent travel after ticket cancellation are the other advantages of this system.

The initiative to introduce charting of passenger manifest through the HHT devices is aimed at paperless ticketing and charting systems that will also be helpful for finalisation of refund claims. With the use of the devices, which is an information technology initiative, the accommodation availability status on the running train will be available to all stations, including the approaching station, as the system will go online under the new system.