Indian Railways is called the lifeline of the country. It works to connect the border areas of the country with big metros. Indian Railways is a very convenient and safe means of travel. For this reason, crores of people travel in Indian Railways every day. Keeping in mind the convenience of passengers, Indian Railways is operating thousands of trains. Apart from this, railway stations have been built at every major place in the country, so that passengers can easily get the facility to travel by train near their homes. In this series, today we are going to tell you about a rule of Indian Railways, about which you would hardly know. You need to be aware of this rule because under this you may have to pay a fine even after having a train ticket. Let us know about it in detail -
According to the rules of Indian Railways, if your train is during day time. In such a situation, you will have to reach the station two hours before the train time. Apart from this, if the train is at night time.
In this situation, you can reach 6 hours before the train departure time and wait at the station. If you reach the station during the specified time. In such a situation, you will not have to pay any kind of fine.
Whereas if you reach the station before this time. In this situation, TTE can charge you a fine. If you want to stay at the train station for more than the time interval mentioned above. In such a situation, you will have to buy a platform ticket.
If your train is late. In such a situation this rule does not apply. The time limit may change. Indian Railways has made this rule to reduce the huge crowd at the station.
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