Indian train, which works daily to drop people to their destinations. The train easily drops people from one corner to the other. You have to book a ticket to travel by train. While tickets are easily available on many routes, due to busy routes, it seems very difficult to get tickets on them. That's why people book their train tickets many months in advance. At the same time, those people who need to travel also travel on waiting tickets. But imagine if you have to cancel the waiting ticket, how much refund will you get? You might not be aware of this. So let's try to know...
If you are not getting a confirmed train ticket, then you can book a waiting list ticket, and your ticket is confirmed if a passenger's ticket is canceled. After this, you can travel. At the same time, the Indian Railways has already fixed the rules regarding cancellation of tickets.
Waiting or RAC
If you have a waiting list or RAC train ticket and for some reason, you want to cancel it, you can do so. If you cancel a sleeper class train ticket 30 minutes before the departure of the train, you have to pay a cancellation charge of Rs 60. Whereas, for the AC class you have to pay a cancellation charge of Rs 65.
How to get a refund for a counter ticket?
If you have taken a waiting train ticket from the counter and now you want to cancel it, you can do so by going to the counter. When you get this train ticket canceled from the counter, only then you are given a refund.
How to get a refund for an online ticket
If you have a waiting train ticket booked online, then you have to cancel it online. Refund comes into your bank account within 2-3 working days. If there is a delay in a refund or any other issue, you can contact customer care at 0755 661 0661.
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