Railway Rules: If there is an empty seat in the reserved coach of the train. So can the TTE give that seat to a passenger with a general ticket? What is the railway rule regarding this? Let us tell you.

Indian Railways is the fourth largest rail system in the world. Crores of passengers travel daily by train in India. Thousands of trains are operated by the railways every day for these passengers.

In India, often when people have to travel a long distance. So the first choice of most people is the train. Train travel is very comfortable and full of convenience. Some rules have been made by the Indian Railways regarding traveling in the train.

These rules are also for the passengers traveling on the train. At the same time, there are also TTEs present on the train to check the tickets of the people and to help them. These rules have to be followed by both the TTE and the passengers.

A question also comes in the mind of passengers traveling on train. If there is an empty seat in the reserved coach of the train, can that seat be given to a passenger with a general ticket? What is the rule of the railways regarding this? Let us tell you.

You can travel in the class in which you book the ticket in the train. For example, if you have taken a sleeper ticket, then you will travel in sleeper. If you have taken an AC or general ticket, then you will travel in those coaches.

Many times some seats are empty in the reserved coach of the train. Which includes both sleeper and AC coaches. According to the rules of the railways, in such a case, if the TTE wants, he can allot that seat to a passenger with a general ticket. However, for that he will charge the difference in the fare between general and AC.

If you are traveling in the train with a general ticket, then you can meet the TTE and find out about this. Is there any empty seat in the train? If it is empty, then you can travel comfortably by paying the charge for that seat to the TTE.