Facilities at designated Railway Stations for Differently Abled Passengers to Apply For photo ID Cards to Avail Concessional Train Fare

Indian Railway has introduced the system of issuing of a Photo ID for the differently abled persons which will enable them to book their tickets o­n-line through e-ticketing as well as across the counter. While the persons requiring these ID cards have the option of sending in the required papers by post to the Divisional Offices in Chennai, Tiruchchirappalli, Madurai, Salem, Palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram, Southern Railway has gone o­ne step further to make it more convenient for concession holders to apply for the Railway ID.

For the convenience of the differently abled passengers, in addition to the Salem Divisional Office designated for receiving these applications o­n all working dates, the Salem Division, Southern Railway, has made arrangements for receiving the applications AT THE FOLLOWING 5 RAILWAY STATIONS BETWEEN 10.00 AND 13.00 HRS. O­N EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.

1. Erode 

2. Karur 

3. Tiruppur 

4. Coimbatore 

5. Udhagamandalam

These locations will commence receiving applications from the 1^st of May 2015 and continue to do so for a period of TWO MONTHS ONLY after which the Salem Divisional Offices alone will continue to receive the applications.

Concession holders, therefore, have the following three options:
1. Send their application by post to the Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Salem Division.
2. Visit Salem Railway Divisional Office o­n any working day and submit their applications.

3. Submit their applications at the stations listed above o­n any TUESDAY /THURSDAY between 10.00 hrs. and 13.00 hrs.

On completion of verification, the cards can be collected from the place of submission, in person or through an authorized representative o­n Tuesdays and Thursdays. If the applicant submits his mobile phone number along with his application, he/she will be intimated by an SMS to collect the card. Otherwise, they may collect the card after three weeks.