Railways new ticket cancellation rules: All you need to know

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: From today you will have to shell out double the amount for cancellation of your rail tickets. Railways has decided to enable certain unreserved ticket counters to allow refund of reserved ticket.

Lets have a quick look at the revised cancellation rules.

1. There will be no refund after the departure of train and one has to get the refund four hours before the departure.
2. Cancellation fee of of second class confirmed ticket in 48 hours before the scheduled departure of the train will be increased from Rs 30 to Rs 60.
3. Third AC ticket will cost Rs 180 as against Rs 90 earlier.
4. For waitlisted ticket and reserve against cancellation (RAC), one has to avail the refund upto half an hour before the scheduled departure of the train and there will be no refund after that, as per the new rules.
5. The Second Sleeper class cancellation has been increased from Rs 60 to Rs 120, the Second AC has doubled up from Rs 100 to Rs 200.
6. Revised rules stipulate that between 12 hours and 4 hours before the scheduled departure of the train, cancellation fee will be 50 percent of the ticket.