A passenger who requires to book a ticket has to visit APSRTC Reservation counter or any Authorized Ticket Booking Agent's counter.
There is a printed "Integrated requisition form for reservation/cancellation/ postponement/ preponement".
The Passenger has to fill up the columns of the form and present it before the reservation clerk/ATB Agent along with fare amount.
Credit card facility has been introduced to enable advance reservation of tickets on the strength of credit cards and has been implemented at MGBS/Hyderabad and JBS/Secunderabad w.e.f. 1.12.2001 duly having a tie up with Citi-Bank.
The salient features of the credit card Reservation facility are:
- Facility to buy tickets on production of credit cards at reservation counters at MGBS, (Hyderabad ) and JBS (Secunderabad).
- All Master / Visa Cards are accepted.
- No need to pay service charges by Credit Card holders.
- Exclusive Reservation Counters are provided for Credit card holders to save time.
This facility is being extended to Bangalore, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam cities.
To extend ticket reservation facility to the doorsteps of the customer and to improve the sale of tickets in Twin Cities, the scheme of computerized reservation system was introduced during the year, 1998.
About 400 Computerized ticket booking centres are available all over the state including twin cities.
On reaching Tirupati (to avoid waiting in
queue for purchase of tickets to proceed
to Tirumala), the system of link tickets
to Tirumala has been introduced. These tickets
are available at all the advance reservation
counters and with the service conductors
of Tirupati bound services.
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