With help of Member of Parliament Local Area Development scheme

: Minister for Information, Law, Courts and Prisons, G. Senthamizhan, on Wednesday inaugurated a computerised passenger reservation system (PRS) counter, set up with financial assistance from the Member of Parliament Local Area Development scheme, at the Guindy railway station.

Giving details about the new facility, S. Anantharaman, Divisional Railway Manager, Chennai Division, said it was established as part of the programme to set up 1,000 PRS centres under the MPLAD scheme. At present 40 PRS counters were functioning in the city in which 30,000 passengers were booking tickets every day.

Full-fledged ticket booking offices in Kodambakkam, Mambalam, Saidapet, Guindy and Pallavaram stations are to be set up at a cost of Rs.4.4 crore. Work on the facilities would be launched shortly. Apart from this, the booking offices in Park, Fort, Chetpet, Saidapet, St. Thomas Mount, Meenambakkam and Tambaram Sanatorium stations, on the Tambaram – Beach section, would be improved, he added.

The new PRS counter at the Guindy station would initially be operated between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Depending on the public response the working hours would be increased. The facility would start functioning from a spacious area on completion of booking office at an elevated level at the Guindy railway station, Mr Anantharaman added.