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Indian Railways Sets ₹182 Crore PRS Overhaul To Lift Capacity More Than Fourfold

The minister told Lok Sabha the current system handles about 25,000 tickets per minute, with work progressing on a complete replacement.

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Overview

  • A sanctioned ₹182 crore program covers replacement of hardware, software, network equipment and security infrastructure.
  • The new design targets more than four times today’s booking throughput to ease peak demand pressures.
  • The present PRS processes roughly 25,000 ticket bookings per minute under existing infrastructure.
  • The RailOne app enables reserved and unreserved ticketing on mobile phones, with a reported launch on July 1, 2025.
  • Officials have not announced a public completion date for the full upgrade, though the overhaul is underway.