Petrol pumps to sell train tickets

Sunday, January 7, 2007 (New Delhi):Now, train tickets at petrol pumps! With the Railways deciding on sale of tickets at petrol pumps, long queues in front of reservation counters may become shorter.The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has tied up with Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) to launch an e-ticketing initiative to help people book tickets at BPCL outlets like petrol pumps and LPG distributor locations.A Memorandum of Understanding for setting up e-ticketing facility at BPCL outlets throughout the country would be signed by IRCTC Managing Director P K Goel and BPCL Executive Director (Retail) Sanjay Krishnamurti on Monday. The service would initially be started at 38 locations in Delhi and Mumbai and would be extended "very quickly" to 80 locations, Goel said.

Source :NDTV