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Keeping pace with the demand and an annual increase of 10 per cent in train traffic volume from the tricity, which is expected to shoot up manifold in the coming months, the Ambala division of Northern Railways will open a passenger reservation system (PRS) centre at the Punjab and Haryana High Court.After chalking out the details and study of demand from the train traffic the division has already initiated the materialisation process. "The division has already written to the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association for the allotment of space to open a PRS on the court premises. It will cater to the huge demand from the High Court fraternity," said Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Ambala Division, G M Singh."Anticipating the demand, a few years ago, apart from public places, like bus stands and railway stations, we opened a PRS centre at the Western Command, Chandimandir, which now constitutes a majority percentage of the earnings of the entire PRS centres in the tricity. As per the feasibility study the PRS at the High Court is expected to generate more than the minimum booking norm of reservation forms per counter to be 180 per shift," Singh said.Talking about the time-frame for the centre to be operational, Senior Divisional Operational Manager Karan Singh said, "Once the space is allocated, the infrastructure work would be initiated followed by the final phase of the microwave linking for the operations. This should not take more than around five to six months."According to the latest records, the number of passenger traffic volume is around 30,000 per day in Chandigarh alone. This huge number is supported by a total of 17 pairs of trains, both to and from Chandigarh. This number is expected to increase with the opening up of new rail lines from Chandigarh to cities like Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar and Jammu.To provide reservation assistance, a total number of six reservation counters were opened at the post offices including GPO Sector 17, post offices in Sector 22 and Phase I Mohali, PGIMER, Sector 47 in the month of July last year. These are set up in partnership with the Postal department as the railways provided the infrastructure whereas the manpower and space was provided by the Postal department which operates these centres.
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