PART -I BOARDING OF WAIT LISTED PASSENGERS IN TRAINS.
A. We first took up the issue of whether WL passengers can join the confirmed passengers and hop on to a reserved coach by virtue of a partially confirmed e tickets. Mr. Singh's response was a BIG NO vindicating my stand which has been aired on this site umpteen number of times. He pointed out to the remark on the passenger charts in his possession which clearly mentioned that " WL passengers are not PERMITTED to board RESERVED COACHES". He said it made no difference whether the coach was a CHAIR CAR (with a single seat for each passenger leaving no scope for adjustment) or a SLEEPER COACH. He also confirmed that it...
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was IMMATERIAL whether the names of such WL passengers appeared in the charts or not. According to him, the names of WL passengers figuring in partially confirmed e tkts appeared in the charts MERELY because such tickets were not subject to automatic cancellation. This again was to provide such passengers with the option of SOME (confirmed) or NONE undertaking the journey. The THIRD OPTION for all of them to board the train was NOT AVAILABLE. I think the position is now CRYSTAL CLEAR. Mr. Singh was also of the opinion that all tickets should prominently bear a msg that WL passengers are not PERMITTED to board RESERVED COACHES.