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If you had booked a confirmed ticket to travel on Indian Railways a long time ago, but suddenly due to some emergency or personal reasons you are unable to travel, then it is natural for you to have a question in your mind whether that confirmed ticket will go in vain or can it be useful to some other passenger. Often passengers are not aware of this fact and cancel their tickets by paying heavy cancellation charges. But as per the official rules of Indian Railways, you can transfer your confirmed ticket in the name of a family member or other eligible persons in special circumstances without getting it cancelled. This important facility of Railways not only saves your ticket from getting wasted, but also gives an opportunity to some other needy passenger to travel with a confirmed seat.
According to the rules of Indian Railways, no passenger can transfer his confirmed ticket to any unknown or outsider. Ticket transfer facility is available only for immediate family members. Under the rules, you can transfer your confirmed ticket in the name of your parents, siblings, spouse, son or daughter. Additionally, if a Government servant is going on any official duty, he can get his ticket transferred in the name of another Government servant by sending a written request to the competent authority 24 hours before the journey. At the same time, special exemption is given to students going on a group trip on behalf of an educational institution or a group attending a wedding ceremony to transfer group tickets within the stipulated time limit.
The process of transferring your confirmed ticket in the name of a family member is very simple, but for this you have to follow some mandatory rules. First of all you have to approach the Chief Reservation Supervisor (CRS) or Station Master of the nearest railway station at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time of your train. You need to submit the person’s valid identity card (like Aadhar Card, Voter ID or PAN Card) and a document proving your relationship with them (like Ration Card or Family Register) along with your confirmed printed ticket. The station master changes the name of the passenger in the system after verifying the documents, after which the new passenger can validly travel on the same confirmed seat.
To avail the facility of railway ticket transfer, it is most important to pay special attention to the time limit. For change of name on personal or family grounds, it is mandatory to submit written application at least 24 hours before the departure of the train. Whereas in case of a wedding group or educational group, this application has to be submitted to the station authority at least 48 hours before the date of journey. If you try to make this change a few hours before the departure of the train, the railway station authorities will not accept your application. Therefore, if your journey is getting cancelled, then without wasting any time reach the railway counter in time and complete the process.