You must have traveled by Indian train. Every day a large number of people travel by train and reach their destination. At the same time, people also go to the railway station to drop off their relatives, friends, family, etc. Many people drop the bus outside the station, while many people leave it till the platform. In such a situation, if people go inside the station to drop someone, they have to buy a platform ticket. But sometimes people do not take these tickets, then many people do. In such a situation, it becomes important for you to know why it is necessary to take this ticket and if you do not take it, then how much fine can be imposed on you? So let's know...
Valid for two hours
Whenever you go to the railway station to drop someone off, you have to take a platform ticket. Its price is Rs 10 and the validity of this ticket is for two hours, that is, you can stay inside the platform only for two hours.
Why is a platform ticket necessary?
Whenever people go to the platform to drop passengers, there is a crowd there. To reduce this crowd, platform tickets are given. In such a situation, only those who are necessary go inside the station, and the rest return from outside.
Here it is also important for you to know that every railway station has a capacity, and accordingly, these platform tickets are also issued. If the tickets have been sold up to capacity before you get your platform ticket, then the railway official may refuse to give you this ticket.
Know the fine
Many people go to the train to drop off the passengers and do not even take the platform ticket. But you should not make such a mistake, because if the checking staff catches you without a ticket, you can be fined at least Rs 250. Apart from this, you may also be charged double the fare of the previous train that had departed from the platform where you were caught or of the train that had arrived at that platform.
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