New Rules By Indian Railways: Passengers who travel with waiting tickets please note, now you can be fined hundreds of rupees for traveling with waiting tickets
New Rules By Indian Railways: A large number of people travel on Indian railways every day. Tickets for many of these passengers are on the waiting list.
Ankush Pandey
INRO
- Railways have tightened the rules regarding waiting for tickets as of July 1.
- Now no passenger can travel in a reserved compartment with a waiting ticket.
- The TT will drop the passenger midway and can also charge a fine.
New Rules By Indian Railways
Indian Railways can tighten the rules related to the convenience of passengers. This will affect millions of railway passengers. It is being said in the media report that the Railways has taken a strict decision regarding traveling on waiting tickets from July 1. Railways has said that if any passenger breaks the rule now, not only will he be penalized, but the TT will also make him get off midway. For this, strict orders will also be given to the railway employees who check tickets on the train.
It is being said that the Railways has now completely banned traveling in reservation coaches on waiting tickets. This means that if your ticket remains waiting, then you cannot travel in an AC or sleeper coach. Even if you have bought the ticket offline from the station window,. Railways have now banned traveling in reserved coaches on this type of ticket as well. Although this decision has been implemented for the convenience of those traveling with confirmed tickets in reserved coaches, it will have a big impact on lakhs of passengers traveling on waiting tickets. However, no official statement has come from the railways yet.
What is its rule? (Waiting Tickets Rules)
Indian Railways has a rule that if a passenger has bought a waiting ticket from the station window, then he can travel in reserved coaches as well. If he has a waiting ticket for AC, then he can travel in AC, and if he has a waiting ticket for sleeper, then he can travel in sleeper coach on a waiting ticket. However, there is already a ban on traveling on tickets purchased online, because if the online ticket remains waiting, then it gets cancelled automatically.
What does the railway say?
Railway officials say that the ban on traveling on waiting tickets is not from today but from the British era, but it is not being strictly followed. The railway has a clear rule that if you have bought a ticket from the window and it remains on a waiting list, then cancel it and get the money back. Instead of doing this, passengers board the coach to travel. But, keeping in mind the convenience of the passengers, strictness is not being done at the moment.
How much will the Penalties and Fines?
According to the news, if any passenger with a waiting ticket is found traveling in the reserved coaches, then the TT can impose a fine of In AC coaches, Rs 440, and In sleeper coaches, the fine is Rs 250 plus the fare. on him and can make him get off the train on the way. Apart from this, the TT will also have the right to send the passenger to the general coach. The railway has received complaints from about 5 thousand passengers, in which the passengers had said that there is a lot of inconvenience due to the increasing crowd of people waiting for tickets in the reserved coaches.
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