General Train Ticket Rules: Passengers traveling on general ticket should know some important rules, otherwise huge trouble can happen.
General Train Ticket Rules: Indian Railways sells many types of tickets in different categories keeping in mind the needs and convenience of its passengers. Their rules and regulations are also different. However, the price of AC coach is much higher than sleeper or general, so not every passenger can afford it. But do you know that there are many important rules of general train ticket also, if you do not follow them, you can get into big trouble. What’s more, in such a situation, despite having a ticket, you may be treated as ticketless and fined. So let us know what things you should keep in mind while traveling with a general ticket in the train.
General ticket is the most economical
Compared to first AC, second AC, third AC and sleeper class in the train, general class ticket is the lowest price. In such a situation, to save money on short distance travel, people often travel by general class. However, due to lack of seats in trains and huge crowd of passengers, people use it for long distances also.
Where can you buy general tickets
Let us tell you that earlier general class tickets were available only at the railway ticket counters, but with time, considering the convenience of the people, Railways has now launched a separate mobile app UTS for this. You can easily buy platform ticket and general ticket on UTS app. However, while taking it you have to take special care of time and distance.
Validity of general ticket
Railways has made a special rule for general tickets, according to which you should keep in mind the distance and time while buying a train ticket. According to railway rules, if a passenger has to travel for a distance of less than 199 kilometers, then he should not buy the ticket more than 3 hours in advance. This means that tickets issued only a maximum of 3 hours before your journey will be valid. Whereas if you have to undertake a journey of 200 kilometers or more, then you can take the ticket even 3 days in advance.
Why was this rule made?
Let us tell you that Railways had made this rule regarding general tickets in 2016. In fact, in short distance trains, people often black market these tickets after the completion of the journey. Due to which, once used, it was further sold second hand. Due to this the Railways had to suffer huge losses. These rules have been made to save the Railways from this loss. In the general ticket you buy, both distance and time are mentioned. In such a situation, if you are traveling for a short distance and the ticket collector catches you with a ticket more than 3 hours old, then you will be treated as a ticketless ticket and fine will be imposed.
