Want to get a glimpse and details about the Indian Railway refund rules and policies? If yes, read on to the following and you will come to know about the same. The refund policy for the travellers and people apply on the status of their reservation like whether they have confirmed reservations, RAC tickets, waitlisted tickets, or so. For all those confirmed reservations travellers, just for the record, the refund is admissible and could be get 2 hours in prior while cancellation their ticket before the departure time of the train and get it credited within 5 to 7 business working days. For all those travellers holding RAC or waitlisted tickets, they are admissible to get the refund while applying for cancellation about 3 hours in advance to the actual departure time of the train and get it back in the account within 5 to 7 business working days. Depending on the class of your ticket, there is flat cancellation charges applied by the department each passenger, like for second class it is Rs. 30 per passenger, for sleeper class it is Rs. 60 per passenger, for AC chair car it is Rs. 90, for first class it is Rs. 100 and so. Just make sure to be aware of these rules in advance so that in case you need to cancel up your ticket in future, you know how much it will cost you.

It is a query for all those who travel via Indian Railways about whether you can refund if you surrender your ticket for cancellation.

Time Limit for the Refund –

1. For confirmed reserved tickets, you can get your refund anytime before 2 hours of departure of the train.
2. For RAC/waitlisted tickets, you can opt for a refund within three hours the actual departure of the train.
3. For trains leaving between 21.00 hours and 06.00 hours, in that case, within two hours of opening of the Reservation Office, you can get a refund. This can be done if there are no counters available in the originating centre.

What Is Supposed To Be Done If The Due Date Of Refund Has Already Lapsed?

You can approach the Deputy Superintendent (commercial)/ Station Manager or Chief Reservation Supervisor. They can grant you refund up to 30 days of the date of journey.

If You Are Unable To Approach The Concerned Authorities, What Should You Do?

In that case, within 30 days of the date of travel, you must obtain a Ticket Deposit Receipt (TDR) from the nearest station and submit an application to the Chief Commercial Manager of the Zonal Railways. This should be done within 90 days of the scheduled travel. The case will be examined, and accordingly, a refund will be sent to you by Station Pay Order or Money Order or Crossed Cheque.

How Much Will Be Deduced As Cancellation Charge?

This depends on the time of cancellation and the status of your ticket.

• If you are cancelling your ticket more than 48 hours of scheduled time, then your amount of cancellation per person will be as follows –

Flat cancellation charges per passenger                  Class of your ticket

Rs. 120 AC First                                                                         Executive class

Rs. 100 AC-2tier                                                                        1st class

Rs. 90 AC-3tier                                                                            AC chair car,

AC-3                                                                                                   Economy

Rs. 60                                                                                                  Sleeper

Rs. 30                                                                                                   Second class

• If you cancel your ticket less than 48 hours to upto 6 hours before the scheduled departure time of the train, then you will have to pay a cancellation charge of 25% of the total fare paid.
• If you are cancelling the ticket between less than 6 hours to 2 hours of the scheduled time, then the cancellation charge will be 50% of the total fair of the ticket.
• If you want a refund for an RAC/Waitlisted ticket cancellation within upto 3 hours of the departure time of the train, then you will get a full refund of fare.
• You can get a refund of the full amount in case of a cancellation of the train due to accident, breaches or flood.
• You cannot get a refund for a lost ticket, but you can be allowed to travel after issuing a duplicate one.

Above are the Indian Railway refund rules and some queries you often face. Hope you make good use of it.

Want to know about Updated Refunds Rule in Indian Railways? If yes, go through the following information and you will be clear of all of them. As per the updated refunds rule in Railways, it all depends on the travellers and users status of travel whether they got RAC bookings, confirmed reservations, waitlisted bookings. For all confirmed booking users, if they cancel their tickets within 2 hours before the departure time of the train, they will get their refund credited in their account within 5 to 7 business working days. For those users who have waitlisted status tickets or RAC status tickets, if they cancel the bookings within 3 hours before the departure time of the train, they will get the refund within 5 to 7 business working days credited in their account. Now comes the deduction of money that will depend on the class of travel in which you are travelling. Just for the record, for second class AC, the deduction would be of Rs. 30 per passenger, for AC chair car the deduction would be of Rs. 90, for sleeper class the deduction will be of Rs. 60, for first class AC the deduction would be of Rs. 100. It is always beneficial to be aware of these rules and policies in prior so that you know in case you cancel your tickets due to any of the reasons, how much amount will be credited in your account. Safe travel!