Railway Monthly Seasonal Ticket: If we talk about renewing the Seasonal Ticket, then Season Tickets can be renewed 10 days in advance from the date of expiry.
How to apply for Railway MST-Monthly Season Ticket Service: Most of the trains are currently being run by the Railways as special and it is necessary to take tickets in advance i.e. to make reservation in one way. Most of the intercity and passenger trains also do not have the same arrangement as before to go to the station, take tickets and boarded.
However, in many routes, general passenger trains are also running, in which travel can be done by general ticket. Not only this, Monthly Season Ticket Service is also going to start soon. Daily Passengers i.e. daily passengers make seasonal tickets for the routes in which they have to travel frequently.
They travel in trains at concessional rates through MST i.e. Monthly Season Tickets. But during the Corona period, MST has been postponed for the last one and a half years with all the concessional facilities. But soon the railway is going to start this facility. Let us know, what is a monthly pass, how can it be made and in which trains we can travel…
What is Monthly Seasonal Ticket?
Seasonal tickets are issued by the Railways to different classes of passengers (children, students, common people) at concessional rates. Tickets of one month, three months or more validity are issued for both suburban and non-suburban sections. You can get a monthly pass made by filling the application at the booking counter of the railway.
Shrestha Gupta, working in the Railways, told TV9 Hindi that students, job workers, teachers, health workers or those working in any other service, who travel in a fixed distance from home every day, it is a big thing for them. A passenger is issued only one season ticket for travel between his place of residence or his place of study and work. At the same time, for violating the distance limit, action is taken as illegal.
How much rent is saved by getting a monthly pass?
The fare for second class monthly season ticket is equal to the fare for 15 single journeys of second class (ordinary) uniform for all distances. That is, if you do up-down even 25 days in a month, then you will be able to travel 25×2 i.e. 50 rounds in just 15 rounds of money. That is, the money of 35 rounds will be saved.
At the same time, the first class monthly season ticket fare is four times the uniform second class fare for all distances. Season ticket fare for children is half the season ticket fare for adults.
Talk about renewing seasonal tickets, then season tickets can be renewed 10 days in advance from the date of expiry. In such cases, shall be deemed valid not from the date of renewal but after the date of expiry.
An identity card is also necessary along with the monthly ticket.
A photo identity card with a plastic cover is also issued to each season ticket holders. It is valid for a maximum period of 5 years. Or it is valid till it is damaged, cut or cut. The identity card will bear the name, address, age, gender and signature of the holder. It will also be necessary for the passenger to show the Identity Card along with the season ticket, otherwise he will be treated as without ticket. It is important that the details of the passenger are correctly recorded on the identity card and the photograph should also be affixed on it. The booking clerk affixes the stamp of the station in such a way that half the seal is printed on the photograph and half on the identity card.
In India, photo identity cards, PAN cards, passports, driving licenses, voter ID cards, etc. issued by the Central or State Government or any government agency are also accepted as proof for issuance and renewal of season tickets. . The serial numbers of such documents should be written on the season tickets. While traveling, it will be necessary for the passengers to carry the said document along with the season ticket, without which the season ticket will be invalid and the passenger will be treated as without ticket.
In which trains are monthly tickets valid?
Monthly tickets are not valid in reserved coaches of express trains. These are valid only in passenger vehicles. In the case of Mail, Express or Superfast trains, they are valid only in those trains where specifically permitted by the Railway Administration. These are valid for travel in selected trains as per distance restrictions. First class season ticket holders can travel in first class coaches only during day time as per the distance restrictions applicable in the respective trains.
What to do if you want to travel in superfast trains?
Passengers can also travel in unreserved coaches of superfast trains, wherever permitted by the Railway Administration along with monthly passes. In such cases, the monthly pass holder has to obtain a superfast surcharge ticket for each journey in advance. For the convenience of the passengers who wish to travel in regular Superfast trains, Railways also issues monthly/quarterly Superfast surcharge tickets on demand. However, superfast surcharge will not be levied on season tickets from passengers traveling by such superfast trains whose total journey distance from originating station to destination station is 325 kms. be less than
