Now railway passengers can cancel their confirmed train tickets by just dialing 139. The passenger dialing the 139 need to provide details of confirmed ticket for cancelling it and you will get a one-time password (OTP). The passenger has to reach the Passenger Reservation System (PRS) counter and reveal the OTP to claim refund.
Also you can cancel the ticket from IRCTC website and both the facilities has made official from Friday.
This is an attempt to provide relief to passengers for cancellation of tickets.
He said both the initiatives were promised in the Railway Budget 2016-17 which were now fulfilled.
After the change in refund rules, a lot of passengers were finding it difficult to reach counters to cancel the reserved tickets within the stipulated time and as a result they are losing money.
This is an attempt to provide relief to passengers for cancellation of tickets.
He said both the initiatives were promised in the Railway Budget 2016-17 which were now fulfilled.
After the change in refund rules, a lot of passengers were finding it difficult to reach counters to cancel the reserved tickets within the stipulated time and as a result they are losing money.
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According to the new refund rules, railways has doubled the ticket cancellation charge with the aim of helping genuine passengers get confirmed tickets.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said railways has its own challenges for carrying out expansion programme.
"We have to expand the railway infrastructure for which fund is required. We have to increase the income for this and all these have to be carried out in a transparent manner. It is a challenging task," he said.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said railways has its own challenges for carrying out expansion programme.
"We have to expand the railway infrastructure for which fund is required. We have to increase the income for this and all these have to be carried out in a transparent manner. It is a challenging task," he said.
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