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Indian Railways Rules: Today people give first priority to Indian Railways for long journeys. Many categories have been made available for passengers to travel in the train. These include categories like General, Sleeper, AC. Similarly, some general coaches are installed in the train. Reservation is not required to travel in these coaches. In such a situation, if you are traveling through a general ticket, then it is very important to know about its rules. In case of mistake, you may also have to pay a fine. Let us tell you that general tickets also have validity. Under this, travel is done through these tickets.
Railways has set a time limit for starting the journey to stop the practice of traveling throughout the day on unreserved tickets. Earlier, due to the rule of no time limit, tickets were being misused. Due to this, the Railways was suffering a lot of financial loss. To stop this, the Railways had set a time limit for general tickets in 2016.
Start journey within 3 hours of purchasing general ticket
According to the rules of Indian Railways, if you have to travel up to 199 km, then it is necessary to catch the train within 3 hours of buying a general ticket. Whereas if the journey is 200 km or more, then the general ticket can be bought 3 days in advance. If a passenger buys a ticket for a distance less than 199 km, then he has to start the journey before the first train leaving from the station where he has to go or within 3 hours of buying the ticket. In such a situation, if your ticket is for a distance of 199 km, then you will have to travel immediately after 3 hours.
You might have to pay a fine
If this is not done, it is considered as travelling without ticket and a fine is charged. On the other hand, if you do not start the journey within 3 hours, then you can neither cancel the ticket nor travel in any other train. Some people used to take their tickets and sell them to someone else as soon as the journey was over on a general ticket. With this, they used to travel on general tickets for the whole day. Railways has taken this step to stop this fraud.