A Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) has revealed a hack to ensure senior citizens get lower berths on trains. His tips to make it work on IRCTC have surfaced on social media as Indian Railways revises its rules.

Indian Railways has recently updated its passenger reservation system to make travel easier for senior travellers. Now, lower berths will be automatically given to eligible passengers such as senior citizens, women above 45, pregnant women and persons with disabilities, if available at the time of booking.

A new IRCTC feature lets users choose “Book only if lower berth is available”. So, the system cancels the request if one is not free. It avoids discomfort for those unable to climb upper berths.

Indian Railways has also directed TTEs to reassign vacant lower berths during trav

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