Railways Provide Amenities for Differently Abled Passengers at Stations

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Government of India

Ministry of Railways 

Railways Provide Amenities for Differently Abled Passengers at Stations 

Provision/augmentation of amenities at stations, including those for differently abled passengers is a continuous process. Short term facilities like standard ramp for barrier free entry, earmarking at least two parking lots, non-slippery walk-way from parking lot to building, signages of appropriate visibility, at least one toilet (on the ground floor) & at least one drinking water tap suitable for use by differently-abled persons and ‘May I help you’ Booth, have been planned at all stations beginning with ‘A1’, ‘A’ and ‘B’ category stations. Long term facilities viz. provision of facility for inter-platform transfer and engraving on edges of platform, are planned after provision of short term facilities. Instructions also exist for provision of wheel chairs at stations. This facility is provided, duly escorted by coolies (on payment) as per present practice. ‘Battery Operated Vehicles for Disabled and Old Ages Passengers’ have also been provided free of cost at some of the major railway stations. 

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Indian Railways Extends Concession in Fare to 50 Categories of Travellers

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Government of India

Ministry of Railways 

Indian Railways Extends Concession in Fare to 50 Categories of Travellers 

Indian Railways extendS travel concessions in various classes of travel to more than 50 categories of travelers, such as patients, students, senior citizens, certain categories of disabled persons, Doctors, Artists, Sports persons, Press Correspondents, Kisans and others. The element of concession ranges from 10% to 100%. 

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Train Travel Concession for Disabled Persons.

   Train Travel Concession for Disabled Persons

   Indian Railways grant concession to four categories of disabled persons in extreme cases i.e. (i) Orthopedically Handicapped/Paraplegic persons who cannot travel without escort (ii) Mentally Retarded persons who cannot travel without escort (iii) Completely Blind persons travelling alone or with escort and (iv) Totally Deaf and Dumb persons (both afflictions together in the same person) travelling alone or with escort. One escort is also granted same concession. Concessions are granted at stations on surrendering the copy of prescribed disability certificate.

   No age limit has been prescribed for eligibility of concession in the case of disabled persons. Indian Railways grant concessions to disabled persons on production of prescribed disability certificate irrespective of age.

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FACILITIES EXTENDED TO HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN RESPECT OF RESERVATION IN TRAINS.

FACILITIES EXTENDED TO HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN RESPECT OF RESERVATION IN TRAINS.

   (i) A reservation quota of two sleeper class berths has been earmarked in all trains running on non- suburban sections for handicapped persons performing their journey on handicapped concessional ticket. The person accompanying the handicapped person as escort is also allotted the berth out of this quota.

   (ii) Instructions have also been issued that in the tickets issued through Computerized Passenger Reservation System, to extent  feasible, one lower berth should be allotted to the handicapped person and the  person accompanying the handicapped person as escort should be allotted middle/upper berths near the handicapped person subject to availability of accommodation.

   (iii)After departure of the train, if there are vacant lower berths available in the train, and if any physically handicapped person booked on the authority of handicapped concessional ticket, who has been allotted upper/middle berth, approaches for allotment of vacant lower berths, the Conductor/Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) has been authorized to allot the vacant lower berth to them making necessary entries in the chart.

   (iv) Specially designed coaches known as SLRD coaches with wider entrance doors to allow a wheel chair to  enter, wider aisles and modified toilet with 4 berths, the lower two for physically challenged persons and upper berths for attendants have been attached in almost all Mail/Express  trains except Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi Express Trains and Duronto Express Trains.

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