Railway Coaching Manual

Chapter 1 – Foundation

Chapter 2

  • Minimum fare
  • Rounding off the fare
  • Telescopic Fare
  • Inflated Distance
  • Combined fare

Chapter 3 – Tickets

Chapter 4 – Concession

  • General rules
  • Types of concession

Chapter 5 – Reservation

  • General Rules, Reservation from Train Departing station and Intermediate station, Reservation against Cancellation (RAC)
  • Computerized Reservation System, Particulars printed on computerized ticket, Rules for change in reservation
  • Rules for change in reservation or railway privilege pass
  • Group reservation, Tatkal seva, Premium Tatkal
  • Rajdhani Express, Duronto, Shatabdi Express, Garib Rath, Yuwa Train, Deen Dayalu Coaches, Suvidha Train, Antoday, Humsafar, Tejas, Uday Train.
  • I-ticketing, E-Ticketing system, Flexi Fare, IVRS, TSBE, POET,
  • NTES, ITES, Coach/ Special train reservation, CCRS, EDR,
  • Forms and Registers, Returns in PRS, ROPD, Duties of ECRC

Chapter 6 – Refund of the Fare

  • Refund Rules

Chapter 7 – Ticket checking and Irregular Travel

  • Objectives of tickets checking, Types of checks,
  • Important points considered while ticket checking
  • Types of Nippers.
  • Duties of ticket collector, Duties of Traveling Ticket Examiner
  • Alarm Setting, Causes of Irregular Travel and its prevention
  • Private cash, Disposal of collected tickets, TDR.
  • Cash Remittance by TTE, Handling Over Memo , MP Travel
  • detail, TCR, TC Return, Loss of EFR
  • Irregular Travel, Excess Fare and Excess Charge
  • Ticket checking stations, Types of Irregular travel.

Chapter 8 – Passenger Luggage

  • General Rules, Free Allowance, Maximum Dimension of Luggage, Articles not accepted as luggage, Articles carried free.
  • Booking of Bulky Articles, Booking of Television, Musical Instruments, Tricycle, invalid chairs, comfortable cot, etc.
  • Booking of vehicles, Booking of livestock, Luggage summary.
  • Un booked Luggage.

Chapter 9 – Booking of Live Stock

  • Booking of Dog, Booking of small birds / Animals.
  • Booking of live Poultry, Booking of Chicks
  • Booking of Sheep/Goats / Pig and Calves

Chapter 10 – Parcel

  • Parcel scales.
  • Maximum weights and dimension for acceptance and parcels.
  • Booking of bulky Articles, Articles not accepted, Parcel Way Bill
  • Procedure for parcel booking, Forwarding Note, Articles carried free, Mis-declaration of Parcels.
  • Booking of corpses, Human Skelton parts of Human body, Human Ashes.
  • Booking of Motorcars.
  • Booking of Treasure.
  • Parcel summery.
  • Loading/Unloading of Parcels.
  • Carriage and dispatch of parcels.
  • Punitive charges saved on over loading in coaching vehicles.
  • Percentage charges on Excess value.
  • Delivery of parcels, Memo delivery, Value payable system, Partial Delivery, open and Assessment Delivery
  • Indemnity Bonds,
  • Rebooking, Diversion, LPO

Chapter 11 – Wharfage Charges

  • General Rules.
  • Free time.
  • Rules of whafage charges.
  • List of stations covered under group A, B and C.
  • Rates of Wharfage charges on Motorcycles and Scooter, Birds
  • and Animals,
  • Wharfage charges on delayed consignments.

Chapter 12 – Demurrage Charge

  • General Rules
  • Free Time.

Chapter 13

  • Important Sections of Railway Act 1989, Cognizable and Noncognizable sections
  • Fire Fighting and First Aid
  • Disaster Management, Golden Hour,
  • Liabilities of Railway on Death and injury to Passengers , ExGratia payment

Chapter 14 – Military Traffic

  • Military concession voucher forms.
  • Military certificate forms

Chapter 15 – Traffic Accounts

  • Ticket Indents, preparation and types.
  • Daily Trains cash book
  • Passenger classifications.
  • Non-issue Ticket and its description..
  • Parcel cash book
  • Station Balance sheets.
  • Particulars / Description of coaching Traffic

Chapter 16 – Abbreviation