Indian Railway: Indian Railways is the largest part of the country in which crores of passengers travel every day, in such a situation, most of the passengers travel with general tickets. Passengers traveling should be aware of the special rules.
New Delhi: Train is the most used and favorite means of transportation in India. People prefer to travel by train due to low fares and convenient travel.
One can travel in general bogie without reserving a ticket. Generally, for short distance journeys, people travel in general bogies only. General coaches are there in almost every train.
But, there is such a rule of the general ticket of Railways, about which even the daily passengers of Railways are not aware. This is about the validity of General Train Ticket.
You might be surprised to know that general tickets also have validity. After purchasing the ticket, you can travel using it within the stipulated time.
Railways (Indian Railways) has set a deadline to start the journey to stop the trick of traveling throughout the day on unreserved tickets. Earlier, due to the rule of no time restriction, tickets were being misused.
Due to this, Railways was facing huge financial loss. To stop this, Railways fixed the deadline for general tickets in 2016.
General ticket is valid for 3 hours
Indian Railways rules say that if you have to travel up to 199 kilometers, you have to catch the train within 3 hours of purchasing a general ticket.
However, for distances of 200 kilometers or more, general tickets can be purchased 3 days in advance. If a passenger takes a ticket for a journey of less than 199 kilometres,
So, he will have to start his journey till the first train leaves the station where he has to go or within 3 hours of purchasing the ticket.
You may have to pay a fine
Now, if a passenger travels on a ticket purchased for a journey up to 199 kilometers after three hours of purchasing it, the Railways is entitled to treat him as without a ticket and charge a fine.
If the journey does not start for 3 hours, the passenger can neither cancel the ticket nor can travel on it in any other train.
