Platform Ticket Rules: Traveling a long distance or want a comfortable journey, everyone prefers the train journey. To travel by train, people make reservations months in advance.
Platform Ticket Rules: Traveling a long distance or want a comfortable journey, everyone prefers the train journey. To travel by train, people make reservations months in advance. There are two ways to book tickets for reservation. Tickets can be booked through the ticket reservation window and online. But, what if you have to travel suddenly? For this, most people consider Tatkal ticket booking rules as the only option. But, today we are telling you that travel can also be done with platform ticket rules. Don’t be surprised this is true, let’s know what the rules of railways say…
travel on platform ticket
If you have only platform ticket and you have boarded the train then there is no need to panic. You can get a ticket made by going to the ticket checker. Actually, this is the rule of the Railways itself. In an emergency, a passenger can board a train with a platform ticket, but he will have to contact TTE immediately. Also, the ticket for the place where you want to go will have to be cut. However, sometimes TTE may refuse to give you a reserved seat if there is no seat available. But, nothing can stop you from traveling. In such a situation, a penalty of Rs 250 and travel fare will be charged from the passenger.
What is its advantage?
The benefit of Platform Ticket is only that the passenger will have to pay the fare from the station from where he has taken the platform ticket. While charging the fare, the departure station will also be considered as the same station. The fare will also be charged from the passenger for the same class in which he will be traveling.
What to do if the train is missed?
It is often seen that after leaving the train, people would get upset that the train was also missed and money was also lost. But, even if you miss the train, you can get the refund (Indian Railways Refund rules). In case of missing the train, the passenger can claim a refund of 50% of the base fare of his ticket by filling the TDR. But, you have to do this work within the stipulated time limit.
TTE cannot give your seat to anyone
If you have missed your train then TTE cannot allot your seat to anyone till the next two stations. You can complete your journey by reaching the next two stations before the train. However, after two stations TTE can allot a seat to a passenger with RAC ticket.
Don’t worry even if train ticket is lost
If you have taken an e-ticket for a train journey and after boarding the train, you come to know that the ticket has been lost, then you can get your ticket by paying a penalty of Rs 50 to the Ticket Checker (TTE).
