The Indian Railways has revised the old ticket cancellation and boarding rules. The new rules were introduced by Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw yesterday.
The revised changes will come into effect between April 1 and April 15. It aims to provide added convenience to passengers while addressing misuse of the booking system.
Refund now depends on how early the ticket is cancelled.
In the new boarding rules, passengers will now have the facility to change the boarding point up to 30 minutes ahead of departure of the train. This rule has come to live keeping in mind the convenience of the people and as it will be useful for major cities that has multiple stations. Passengers will be able to board from any of the stations according to their convenience.
As of now, according to the current rule before it changes to the new revised rule, passengers were allowed to change their boarding station only before the chart preparation.
Earlier, cancellation charges were based on shorter time windows and class-based flat rates.