Kolkata: Ticketing services along with other online services of Railways will not be available for use from 11:45 pm on Saturday to 6:30 am on Sunday, due to upgradation work.
"The ticketing and related activities over six Zonal Railways including Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway, East Coast Railway, South East Central Railway, Northeast Frontier Railway and East Central Railway will not be available for users from 11:45 pm on Saturday till 6:30 am on Sunday for electrical system maintenance work," read a press release issued by Eastern Railway. Online and current reservation booking as well as train reservation related enquiries will not be available during the period. "Inconvenience likely to be caused is regretted," pointed out the release.
As a result of intensified ticket checking drives at Jamalpur, Bhagalpur, Sahibganj and Malda conducted by special ticket checking teams of Eastern Railway's Malda Division on August 28, as many as 788 cases were detected with realization of Rs 3,51,278 towards fare and fine.