Why Indian Railways may scrap RAC; two passengers share one berth but pay full fare
RAC is a train ticket under which two passengers share a single berth even though each is charged the full fare and receives only half the sleeping space. RAC originated at a time when railway reservations were largely processed manually and there was no electronic mechanism to track cancellations and vacant berths in…
Reported by The Times of India. We will add other newspapers as they cover it.
How the newspaper covers this story
Why Indian Railways may scrap RAC; two passengers share one berth but pay full fare
RAC is a train ticket under which two passengers share a single berth even though each is charged the full fare and receives only half the sleeping space. RAC originated at a time when railway reservations were largely processed manually and there was no electronic mechanism to track cancellations and vacant berths in…
