New Delhi: Indian Railways has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Department of Posts for setting up of Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counters at Post Offices. PRS counters at Post offices are opened based on technical and commercial feasibility where there are no Railway Reservation Counters in nearby areas. At present, PRS counters have been provided in about 280 post offices across the country. The State wise number of the Post Offices in which Passenger Reservation System counters are available is given below:-
STATE-WISE PRS COMMISSIONED AT POST OFFICES
AS PER DATAWAREHOUSE ARE GIVEN BELOW
| S.No. | STATE | No. | S.No. | STATE | No. | |
| 1 | ANDHRA PRADESH | 24 | 17 | MANIPUR | 02 | |
| 2 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 03 | 18 | MEGHALAYA | 02 | |
| 3 | ASSAM | 10 | 19 | MIZORAM | 01 | |
| 4 | BIHAR | 07 | 20 | NAGALAND | 00 | |
| 5 | CHHATISGARH | 07 | 21 | ODISHA | 11 | |
| 6 | DELHI | 03 | 22 | PUDUCHERRY | 00 | |
| 7 | GOA | 01 | 23 | PUNJAB | 12 | |
| 8 | GUJARAT | 18 | 24 | RAJASTHAN | 7 | |
| 9 | HARYANA | 03 | 25 | SIKKIM | 00 | |
| 10 | HIMACHAL PRADESH | 00 | 26 | TAMILNADU | 15 | |
| 11 | JAMMU KASHMIR | 02 | 27 | TELANGANA | 24 | |
| 12 | JHARKHAND | 09 | 28 | TRIPURA | 00 | |
| 13 | KARNATAKA | 44 | 29 | UTTAR PRADESH | 23 | |
| 14 | KERALA | 04 | 30 | UTTARAKHAND | 08 | |
| 15 | MADHYA PRADESH | 06 | 31 | WEST BENGAL | 03 | |
| 16 | MAHARASHTRA | 36 |
Online booking of reserved tickets on www.irctc.co.in has become very popular and about 65% of total reserved tickets are now booked online. The provision of PRS at post offices is a continuous activity based on the requirement and feasibility.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today
