Waiting Ticket Railway Rules: Now if passengers with waiting tickets do this, then they will have to pay a hefty fine. Let us tell you what has been changed in the rules.

Waiting Ticket Railway Rules: Every day crores of passengers travel by train in India. Thousands of trains are run by the Railways for these passengers. Most of the passengers traveling by train prefer to travel by making reservations. But not all passengers get confirmed seats. Many times the tickets of many passengers go into waiting.

If you also travel a lot by train. And sometimes your ticket also goes into waiting. Then this news is for you. Let us tell you that the Railways has changed the rules regarding traveling on waiting tickets. Now if passengers with waiting tickets do this, then they will have to pay a hefty fine. Let us tell you what has been changed in the rules.

Rules changed for waiting ticket passengers

Indian Railways used to board sleeper and AC coaches for passengers traveling with waiting tickets. But now the railways have changed the rules for this. Now any passenger with a waiting ticket will be able to travel in the reserved coach. That is, if someone has made a reservation.

And the ticket has gone into waiting. Then you can neither travel in sleeper. Nor can you travel in any AC coach. If you travel in sleeper and AC coach. Then you will have to pay a hefty fine. Not only this, the TTE can catch you and throw you out of sleeper and AC coach.

This much fine will have to be paid

If you travel on a waiting ticket. And you enter the reserved coach. Then for this you have to pay a fine according to the coach. If you travel in AC coach on a waiting ticket. Then you have to pay a fine of Rs 440 and the fare till the next station. And if you are caught in sleeper coach. So you will have to pay a fine of Rs 250 along with the fare to the next station.