Indian Railway: Lakhs of people travel daily through Indian Railways. Many times it happens that we book our tickets and then the journey gets cancelled. You cancel your confirmed ticket. Do you know how much charge is deducted if a confirmed ticket is cancelled?
Indian Railway: Lakhs of people travel daily through Indian Railways. Many times it happens that we book our tickets and then the journey gets cancelled. You cancel your confirmed ticket. Do you know how much charge is deducted if a confirmed ticket is cancelled? How much money will be deducted from your account and will IRCTC return the full amount to you? Here we are telling you about the rules of Railways as to how much charge has to be paid for canceling a confirmed ticket.
Cancellation charge is levied on cancellation of train ticket
If you book ticket online. After this, if you cancel the ticket on the IRCTC website, the money is automatically returned to the account from which you have made the payment. Here you do not have to pay cancellation charge but the cancellation charge is deducted from your account and returned. There are also rules for canceling tickets.
This much is charged for canceling railway tickets before 48 hours
- AC First Class/Executive Class – Rs 240
- AC 2 Tier/First Class – Rs 200
- AC 3 Tier/AC Chair Car/AC3 Economy- Rs 180
- Sleeper Class – Rs 120
- Second Class – Rs 60
48 hours to less than 12 hours
If a confirmed ticket is canceled between 48 hours to 12 hours of train journey, 25% of the total train ticket plus minimum flat rate will be charged. If the confirmed ticket is canceled in less than 12 hours, 50 percent ticket refund is available.
When is a refund for canceled train ticket not available?
If your ticket is confirmed and the journey is suddenly cancelled, then you will have to keep in mind the rules of ticket cancellation charge. Here timing is important to cancel train tickets. If the ticket is confirmed and is not canceled before 4 hours of the scheduled departure time of the train, then refund will not be given. If you cancel your train ticket after the chart has been prepared, you will not get a refund. Similarly, refund will not be given even if confirmed Tatkal ticket is cancelled. When you buy a ticket in current. If it is confirmed then you will not get any refund if it is cancelled.
Waiting list and rules for refund of RAC train tickets
If your ticket is still in RAC and waiting list even after charting. You cancel your ticket 30 minutes before the scheduled departure time of the train. Then you will have to pay a cancellation charge of Rs 60 in sleeper class. Whereas, in AC class Rs 65 will be deducted and the remaining money will be refunded.
