Over 52 lakh waitlisted passengers denied train travel in 1st 6 months of this FY, finds RTI query

Over 52 lakh passengers who were on the waitlist after finalisation of seat reservation charts could not travel by trains in the first six months of the current fiscal, a query filed under RTI has found, indicating a need for more trains on busy routes.

In the 2021-2022 financial year, till September 32,50,039 PNRs (passenger name records), against which 52,96,741 passengers had bookings, were auto-cancelled as they were in wait status after preparation of the charts, according to the reply to an RTI filed by Madhya Pradesh-based activist Chandra Sekhar Gaur.