Rawalpindi gets modern Railway Reservation Office    

RAWALPINDI: A modern Railway Reservation Office will be inaugurated here at Rawalpindi Railway Station on Thursday (Nov 30) to facilitate the rail passengers in purchasing tickets easily.

The old railway reservation office has been fully renovated and upgraded to provide better facilities to nearly 4,000 passengers who daily use rail service from Rawalpindi Railway Station to reach their destinations, a Railway officer told APP here on Wednesday.

The passengers purchase tickets amounting to Rs 3.5 million daily on an average from the main reservation office, he said adding, the upgraded reservation office has also been made centrally air-conditioned.

Latest digital monitors, laptops, and electronic boards have been installed at the office, he said. The government was giving special attention towards the facilities being provided to the rail passengers, including modern railways reservation offices, he added.

The reservation office would be inaugurated by Chairperson, Ministry of Railways, Mrs. Parveen Agha.