OREANDA-NEWS.   Indian Railways provides lodging facility through retiring rooms to its passengers at stations spread across the country. The Retiring Room Application has been developed to computerize the booking of retiring rooms at the railway stations.
At present, booking of retiring rooms has been computerized at 67 stations. The Rooms can be booked on computer terminals placed at these stations as well as on internet through the website www.railtourismindia.com. Currently, booking / cancellation, up-gradation and extension are available in the retiring room application.
Some of the basic features of retiring room application are given below:-
•         The Rooms can be booked in advance (up to 60 days) through internet as well as on terminals at stations,
•         Based on the booked PRS ticket PNR No. at the Source and Destination stations.
•         The facility of booking of retiring room is available only on Confirmed and RAC tickets.
•         The Rooms can be booked  2 days in advance based on UTS tickets, Railway Passes and other travel authorities only on terminals at stations.