Itihaasa

Passenger Reservation System of the Indian Railways
Som Mittal
people
Madhavrao Scindia
places
Bombay Chennai Madras Mumbai New Delhi
organisations
BSE Ltd. Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. CMC CRIS Centre for Railway Information Systems Computer Maintenance Corporation DEC Digital Equipment Corporation Government of India IBM IRCTC Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Indian Railways Indian Railways International Business Machines
year:
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
TECHNICAL AND OTHER TERMS
100 crores INR per day 20 Lakhs tickets a day 50% ticketing online DEC RTR DEC Reliable Transaction Router DEC VAX/VMS Database Freight operations Minicomputer Network PRS PRS Passenger Reservation System Passenger Reservation System Reserved ticketing 6% Unreserved ticket