The railway department has started computerised railway reservation system at the post office of Parchur in Prakasam district on Wednesday. The Union minister of state for textiles, Ms Panabaka Lakshmi, 
inaugurated the centre. She said that one more railway reservation centre will come up soon in Addanki in her parliamentary constituency, and this facility would enable rail users to book their tickets from any station to any station by all trains on the Indian railways. Ms Lakshmi said that halts for the KK Express and Jana Shatabdi Express at Bapatla was asked for, and expressed hope for sanction of the same by minister for railways, Ms Mamta Banerjee. The postmaster general of posts, Mr P. Sampath, said that all post offices will be computerised with online facility in the next six months. The director of postal services, Mr D. Sridhara Murthy, Vijayawada divisional railway manager, Mr Anurag Mathur, senior divisional commercial manager, Mr K. Sambasiva Rao, Parchur MLA, Dr Daggubati Venkateswar Rao, and others participated in the programme in which Ms Lakshmi presented the first reservation ticket to D. Subbaravamma of Pothapalli village. Meanwhile, people of rural areas are happy with the inauguration of the reservation service for rail journeys. Addanki and Parchur have no railway line but people from these areas travel on trains for long distance journeys from Ongole and Chirala. They used to go to Chirala or Ongole to get reservations, spending nearly one day, but now can save time and money by getting reservations at post offices.
inaugurated the centre. She said that one more railway reservation centre will come up soon in Addanki in her parliamentary constituency, and this facility would enable rail users to book their tickets from any station to any station by all trains on the Indian railways. Ms Lakshmi said that halts for the KK Express and Jana Shatabdi Express at Bapatla was asked for, and expressed hope for sanction of the same by minister for railways, Ms Mamta Banerjee. The postmaster general of posts, Mr P. Sampath, said that all post offices will be computerised with online facility in the next six months. The director of postal services, Mr D. Sridhara Murthy, Vijayawada divisional railway manager, Mr Anurag Mathur, senior divisional commercial manager, Mr K. Sambasiva Rao, Parchur MLA, Dr Daggubati Venkateswar Rao, and others participated in the programme in which Ms Lakshmi presented the first reservation ticket to D. Subbaravamma of Pothapalli village. Meanwhile, people of rural areas are happy with the inauguration of the reservation service for rail journeys. Addanki and Parchur have no railway line but people from these areas travel on trains for long distance journeys from Ongole and Chirala. They used to go to Chirala or Ongole to get reservations, spending nearly one day, but now can save time and money by getting reservations at post offices.
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