LAHORE, Sept 1: The booking offices of the Pakistan Railways will work in three shifts during Ramazan.

An official said on Monday the first shift would be from 8am to 1pm, with half an hour break; the second shift from 1:30pm to 6:30pm and third from 8:30pm to 11pm. On Fridays, the first shift would be from 8am to 12 noon.

There would be no change in the timings of booking offices that worked in single shift, the official said. Some 21 stations on the Pakistan Railways network have computerised ticketing and reservation system.

Such offices are working at the Lahore railway headquarters, Lahore Cantt, Gujranwala, Narowal, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Peshawar, Multan, Khanewal, Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Quetta, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Sahiwal, Rohri, Nawabshah, Karachi city and Cantonment.

The computerised ticketing system not only allows railway authorities to check seat occupancy of trains throughout their routes but also offers a facility to passengers to get even their return ticket reserved.

— Staff Reporter