Online General Ticket Rules: Indian Railways is the fourth largest railway system in the world. Crores of people travel by train every day in India. Railways operates thousands of trains for these people. In India, when someone has to travel a long distance. So the first choice of most people is train. People have a lot of facilities in the train. People travel in the train in reserved coach and general coach.
One has to pay more to travel in a reserved coach. But one can travel in general coach at less cost. Many people travel in general coach. Earlier, general coach tickets had to be purchased from the railway counter. But now you can book it online through UTS app. But do you know after how many hours does the general ticket of online booking expire? If you don’t travel, you will be fined.
Will have to catch the train in 3 hours
According to the rules of Indian Railways, rules have been made regarding online general tickets. First people have to buy general ticket. So they had to go to the railway counter. But now you can book general tickets using Railway’s UTS app. But do you know that there is a period fixed for this.
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That means the ticket you have booked. It has an expiry date. That means you have to travel within the stipulated time period only. Let us tell you that after booking a general ticket online, one has to travel within 3 hours. Otherwise your ticket expires. In such a situation, TTE can impose fine on you.
How much can be the fine?
If you are not able to travel timely by taking a general ticket. Then your ticket is considered cancelled. In such a situation, TTE may impose a fine of Rs 250 on you. This fine is imposed by the Railways on traveling without a ticket. Because if your general ticket expires. So in such a situation you are considered ticketless. Apart from this, the station from where the train started running and where you were caught. You also have to pay the fare till there.
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