Utility News Desk!!! Indian Railways has recently implemented new rules for passengers traveling on waiting tickets. Till now, passengers whose tickets were confirmed or RAC used to travel with waiting tickets in sleeper or AC. Due to this, those passengers whose seats were confirmed had to face problems. Due to huge crowd at the berth, many videos are going viral on social media these days. Keeping this in mind, Railways has taken such a decision.
Indian Railways has made a new rule to impose heavy fine on those traveling without confirmed tickets. If a passenger with a waiting ticket travels in a reserve coach, he will be fined Rs 440 and the Train Ticketing Officer (TT) can deboard him midway. Apart from this, TT will have the right to deploy the passenger in General compartment. At the same time, if a passenger with a waiting ticket travels in a sleeper coach, he will be fined Rs 250 and will be dropped at the next station.
According to railway rules, traveling on waiting list ticket is illegal. However, if you have booked the ticket from the window counter, you can travel in the general compartment on a waitlisted ticket. However, passengers with waiting list i.e. e-tickets booked online are not allowed to board the train. If your waiting list ticket is online, then after the chart is prepared, IRCTC automatically cancels it and you get a refund. The refund amount will be credited to the account from which you made the payment at the time of reservation. It may take 3-4 days for the refund amount to arrive.
If your Tatkal ticket is also in the waiting list and is not confirmed till the day of journey, then you cannot travel on that ticket. In case of waiting ticket, the ticket is automatically canceled by the Railways. At the same time, if your ticket is RAC (Reservation Against Cancellation), it means that you will have a seat in the train.
