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Blog Entry# 1879505
Posted: Jun 04 2016 (14:04)
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Last Response: Jun 04 2016 (14:41)
7 Responses
Last Response: Jun 04 2016 (14:41)
According to a commercial circular (file attached) dated 17.12.2015 of IR, full names of passengers will have to be typed by booking clerks at PRS counters subject to a maximum number of characters and no abbreviation will be allowed. As far as I know up to sixteen characters can be typed by the booking clerks and if they mention the full name, the surname can remain incompletely typed if the surname is long. Now the point is if this will lead to any confusion during the journey when the TTE checks the name and tallies it with the name on the document serving as the ID proof. I think IR should increase the number of characters that can be typed to accommodate the full names of passengers whose surnames are long, or should figure out ways ensuring that no confusion occurs as a result of typing the full names subject to...
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5 Public Posts - Sat Jun 04, 2016
The point is the TTE will tally the name on the reservation chart with the name on the ID card, will count up to sixteen characters and then will automatically understand that the remaining characters of the surname haven't got any place in the reservation chart as the maximum number of characters allowed by IR is sixteen. I think if the TTE judges the matter this way, there won't be any problem.
1 Public Posts - Sat Jun 04, 2016