LurkerBaba
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Most of the people aren't aware that Indian Railway(not the IRCTC website but the core application the reservation centers use) already has an algorithm to ensure that a female passenger isn't left stranded in the middle of a lot of males!
Since the IRCTC website use the same APIs provided by the reservation application(which looks much like DOS-based), we're already a beneficiary to this feature.
As soon as you enter the details to reserve a seat for a female passenger, the entire database of that train is searched to find out empty seats close to any other female passenger travelling in the same class.
If such a female is found, the seat is given close to them, otherwise any other seat is given.
That is the reason why, if you ever noticed carefully, all talkative aunties group together at the same place quite often, disturbing the peace of others in the same compartment.
This is also the reason why you find yourself bumping into male travelers everytime you travel alone and curse your fate for running into girls only when your mother or sister travels with you!
Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation: Is it possible that IRCTC utilizes a special algorithm to keep young female travelers (say 18-24) away from the compartments of young male travelers of the same age group? - Quora
Since the IRCTC website use the same APIs provided by the reservation application(which looks much like DOS-based), we're already a beneficiary to this feature.
As soon as you enter the details to reserve a seat for a female passenger, the entire database of that train is searched to find out empty seats close to any other female passenger travelling in the same class.
If such a female is found, the seat is given close to them, otherwise any other seat is given.
That is the reason why, if you ever noticed carefully, all talkative aunties group together at the same place quite often, disturbing the peace of others in the same compartment.
This is also the reason why you find yourself bumping into male travelers everytime you travel alone and curse your fate for running into girls only when your mother or sister travels with you!
Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation: Is it possible that IRCTC utilizes a special algorithm to keep young female travelers (say 18-24) away from the compartments of young male travelers of the same age group? - Quora