Indian Railway Rules Changed For Booking: Indian Railways is the fourth largest railway system in the world. Crores of people travel by Indian Railways every day. For which Railways runs several thousand trains. Most passengers book tickets even before traveling by train. So that they do not face any problem during the journey. Many of these people have their trips planned in advance.
He books tickets months in advance. But now Railways has changed the rules of ticket booking. After the change in railway rules, it will affect crores of passengers. Which passengers will benefit from the railway rules? So there will be a lot of fighting regarding ticket booking. Let us tell you.
Will the common man benefit?
To travel by train, one had to book in advance. So according to the rules of Railways, earlier the time given for that was 120 days. That means you could book tickets 4 months in advance for a trip after 4 months. But now Indian Railways has reduced its deadline. Now passengers can book only two months in advance. That means only 60 days will be given to the passengers for advance booking. Changes in railway rules have increased the problems of passengers with waiting tickets.
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Earlier, when someone booked a ticket 120 days in advance and got a ticket in the waiting list, he had a good amount of time to get the ticket confirmed. But now in the time span of 60 days, passengers on waiting tickets will get less chance to get their tickets confirmed. Common man books tickets well in advance to avoid booking Tatkal tickets. But now due to change in the rules, there will be some difficulties for the common man. Those who book late will have increased chances of getting confirmed tickets. But this decision may increase the fight for tickets during the festival season.
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The rule will come into effect from November 1
The Railway Ministry has informed about this by issuing a notification on October 17. In the notification issued by the Railways, it has been said that the passengers will continue to get the same facilities till 31 October 2024. That means, till October 31, 2024, passengers can still book 120 days in advance. The new rule of Railways will come into effect from November 1, 2024. Let us tell you that this new rule will not be applicable for short route trains like Taj Express, Gomti Express. Along with this, there will be no change in the 365 days advance booking option available to foreign tourists due to the new rules.
