New Delhi. Indian Railway: There are reports going on in many places that even if you do not have a ticket to travel in the train, you can still travel with the help of Platform Ticket. It is being said that you just have to go to the TTE by taking the platform ticket and he will give you the ticket where you want to go.
And even more it is being said that if you do not have a ticket to travel, then you will not be considered guilty of traveling without a ticket. But all this is not correct. The reality is different from this. If you travel without a ticket, you can be fined.
The truth came out in the investigation of the news
We spoke to the railway official to investigate these news going on at different places. Talking about this, CPRO Deepak Kumar of Northern Railway said that no such new rule has been brought by the Railways. He said that for traveling without a ticket, the same rule applies as it was before the Corona period.
Already have this rule
CPRO Deepak Kumar told that earlier if someone did not have a confirmed ticket, then that passenger had to contact the guard by taking a platform ticket. The guard used to send him to the TTE. TTE used to see where that passenger has to go, whether there is an empty seat in the train for that place or not. If the TT got any vacant seat till the next station, it was given to that passenger. But in the absence of seat availability, that passenger was dropped at the next station. The same rule still applies.
So, before believing any such news, you should do some research on it. No such rule has been made by the Railways that you just go to the TT with a platform ticket and he will give you a confirmed ticket.
