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Book your train tickets 30 minutes before travel
As per revised rules, the Indian Railways will now permit booking on the internet as well as at reservation counters for a particular train, subject to availability of berths, even after the preparation of first reservation chart
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Chennai
Come November 12, you can book a railway ticket online 30 minutes prior to the departure of a train. The Railways have also made changes in its system of preparation of chart, which would now be prepared twice. The first reservation chart would be prepared four hours prior to departure of a train while second and final one, 30 minutes before the train departs, a senior railway official said.
According to the revised rules, booking will be allowed on Internet as well as at reservation counters for a particular train, subject to availability of berths, even after the preparation of first reservation chart. The Railways have also made it mandatory for the concerned department to finalise the reservation chart four hours before the departure of train from November 12 in order to facilitate passengers to know the status of their ticket and plan their journey well in time.
A second and final chart of reservations will be made available before departure of train and handed over to onboard ticket checking staff. This exercise will ensure optimum utilisation of train accommodation as well as enhanced earnings, the official said. Also, there were complaints of delay in finalisation of reservation chart giving scope to touts for indulging in illegal ticketing activities.
Cancellation charges doubled
From Nov 12, cancelling a confirmed ticket will cost you more. Charges irrespective of class have been doubled. 1st AC or Exec Class has been increased from Rs 120 to Rs 240. For 2nd AC or 1st Class the charge goes from Rs 100 to Rs 200 and for the 3rd AC/ ACC/3A economy, the cost goes up to Rs 180 from Rs 90. Similarly, passengers travelling in 2nd Sleeper Class will have to cough up Rs 120 which was earlier Rs 60, and 2nd Class passengers will now have to pay Rs 60 for cancellation of tickets which was earlier Rs 30
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