Most attempts made by the Central Railway (CR) to limit the number of people queuing up at ticket windows in railway stations seem to have fallen flat. However, the Jansadharan Ticket Booking Sevaks (JTBS) scheme introduced by the Ministry of Railways in 2008 is steadily becoming popular with passengers. According to numbers reflecting in the system, there has been a four per cent increase in the ticket purchase graph between March and October this year. Earlier, the rate of ticket purchase from these centres was a mere one per cent.

Going out of fashion: Central Railway launched the Jansadharan Ticket Booking Sevaks scheme in 2008 to reduceu00a0the number of passengers at ticket windows at railway stations. representation picu00a0