Indian Railway Rules For Free Meal: If you are traveling somewhere by flight. And your flight is delayed by more than four hours. So in such a situation, under the rules of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of India, free food is provided to you by the airline company. But do you know what. This type of rule is not only regarding flights. Rather, if it is also regarding the trains operated by Indian Railways. If a train runs late from its scheduled time. So even in such a situation, there is a provision to give you free food from Indian Railways. However, some terms and conditions have been set for this. Passengers get free food no matter how many hours the train is late. What are the railway rules for this? Let us tell you.
You will get free food if the train is delayed by more than 3 hours
Many rules are made for the passengers by the Indian Railways. Which are for the convenience of the passengers. There is also a rule regarding train delay. According to railway rules, if the train is late by 3 hours or more. So the Railways will provide free food to the passengers of that train. However, this rule does not apply to all trains. Let us tell you if the passengers are traveling by premium trains like Rajdhani Express, Shatabdi Express and Duronto Express.
Only those passengers can get the benefit of free food facility from the Railways. If you are traveling in any of these trains. And that train is running more than 3 hours late than you. But despite this, you are not being given free food by the Railways. So you can file a complaint regarding this.
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Food stalls are opened till late
You are traveling in a train and it is very late. So, in view of the inconvenience to the passengers, the railway administration keeps the food stalls on the platform of the railway station open for longer than the stipulated time. So that the passengers do not have to face any inconvenience regarding food and drinks. Along with this, separate RPF personnel are deployed by the Railways for the safety of passengers.
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