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New Delhi. You must have often seen people traveling in trains with a lot of luggage. But, do you know that there is a limit for carrying luggage in a train compartment. This limit has been decided on the basis of weight and size. Apart from this, the rules for carrying luggage are also different in each category. If a passenger boards the compartment with more luggage than the prescribed limit, the Railways charges a fine.
Every railway passenger should be aware of the luggage related rules of the Railways. If someone has more luggage than required, the Railways also provides the facility to keep that luggage in the luggage van attached to the train. Luggage can also be booked while booking train tickets. After booking tickets from the parcel office located at the railway station, you can also book for keeping your luggage in the luggage van.
This much luggage you can take with you
In different classes of the train, passengers can keep heavy luggage ranging from 40 kg to 70 kg with them in the train compartment. In sleeper class you can carry weight up to 40 kg with you. There is allowance for carrying luggage up to 50 kg in AC two tier. In First Class AC, passengers can take up to 70 kg of luggage with them in the coach. If more items are found than this, a fine is charged.
100 cm. X 60 cm. x 25 cm. Trunks, suitcases and boxes of (Length X Width X Height) size are allowed to be carried as personal luggage in the passenger compartment. If the trunk, suitcase and box exceed the prescribed size, they will have to be kept in the luggage van only.
There is a ban on these things
There is a ban on carrying many types of goods including any kind of flammable and smelly substance in the train. Objectionable items, explosives, dangerous inflammable items, empty gas cylinders, dead chickens, acids etc. are prohibited. If a passenger is carrying any prohibited item during the journey, then action can be taken against that passenger under Section 164 of the Railway Act.