Indian Railways Rules Changes: The possibility of major changes in the general ticket rules of Indian Railways, will millions of passengers affect?

Indian Railways Changes in rules: Indian Railways ranks first in the world in terms of number of passengers per day. Indian Railways runs 13,000 trains per day and millions of people travel in them. Millions of people travel by purchasing general category tickets every day in Indian Railways trains. It is believed that now the Indian Railway General can change the rules related to the ticket, after which it can have a direct impact on millions of passengers. It is mentioned here what changes can be made in the Indian Railway General Ticket Rules and what will be the effect on you.

Indian Railways and Passenger Number

Indian Railways are used daily by millions of people and in terms of passenger number it is the largest railway service in the world. At present, more than 13,000 trains are running daily across the country, in which a large number of passengers travel. The number of general category passengers is the highest, so proposed changes can have a major impact.

What changes can be made in the rules of general tickets?

The name of the train will be written on the general ticket.
Currently, no specific train is named on general ticket. Therefore, passengers can board any train with this ticket and there is also a possibility of changing the train on the way.
According to the new rules, now the name of the train will be mentioned on the general ticket, that is, passengers will be able to travel in the same train only.

Ticket validity will be clarified

Many passengers do not know how long the general ticket is valid. Currently, if the general ticket is not purchased and the journey is not started within 3 hours, then the ticket becomes illegal.

The new rules will bring more clarity in this regard and more concrete information about these rules will be available to the passengers.

What will be the impact of the new rules on the passengers?

This will make the journey more planned, but the chances of suddenly changing the train will be reduced.
Since ticket checks will be made more strict, those who travel illegally will be banned.
Passengers will have to plan their journey in advance as there is clarity on the validity of the ticket.

No official announcement has been made by the Indian Railways regarding these possible changes. However, passengers will have to be ready for future changes.

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