Indian Railways Ticket Canceling Rule How much money will be deducted for cancellation of ticket depends on the reservation class and how many hours before the train is canceled. The rule for canceling tickets online is also different. Railway takes the charge of canceling the ticket.
The railway charges the cancellation of the ticket. How much money will be deducted for canceling the ticket depends on the reservation class and how many hours before the train is canceled. There will be a higher deduction on expensive tickets. This fee varies. This fee depends on the category of reservation. The cancellation charges for Executive Class or AC First Class, AC Two-Tier, AC Three-Tier are different.
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), an e-ticketing company of Indian Railways, has explained the cancellation charges in detail. If you cancel your confirmed ticket before chart preparation, IRCTC levies a flat fee. There is also a charge for cancellation of confirmed ticket after chart preparation.
Rules before charting
According to IRCTC, how much will be charged for canceling the ticket, it depends on the time, how many days before the journey the ticket is being canceled. The fee depends on the status of the train ticket at the time of cancellation of the ticket.
1. How much amount will you get if you cancel the ticket
- If you cancel the confirmed ticket 48 hours before the departure of the train, then the rule of minimum fee per passenger is as follows-
- 240 rupees will be deducted for a passenger for AC First Class or Executive Class.
- There will be a deduction of Rs 200 on AC two-tier or first class tickets
- 180 rupees will be deducted on AC three tier tickets. The same amount is also for AC chair car or AC 3 economy class.
- 120 rupees will be deducted for sleeper class
- 60 rupees will be deducted for second class.
2. If you cancel the ticket between 48 hours to 12 hours after the departure of the train, then 25 percent of the ticket money will be deducted. GST will be included separately in this. The fee for the minimum amount to be deducted on AC tickets has been mentioned above.
3. If the confirmed ticket is canceled online within 12 hours to 4 hours after the departure of the train, then 50% of the ticket money will be deducted. GST charges will also be included with this deduction amount.
4. If you cancel the confirmed tickets within 4 hours of the departure of the train, if these tickets are not canceled online or TDR is not filled online, then the entire ticket money will be deducted. The passenger will not get anything back.
How to cancel irctc ticket online
- Go to IRCTC e-ticketing website. Log in with your correct username and password on the login screen.
- Go to My Transactions and click on Booked Ticket History link under My Account menu
- The booked ticket will be displayed. Select the ticket to be canceled and click on ‘Cancel Ticket’
- Initiate the cancellation by selecting the passengers whose tickets are to be cancelled.
- Select the check box before the name of the passenger and click on the ‘Cancel Ticket’ button.
- A confirmation pop-up will appear. Select the ‘OK’ button to confirm the cancellation.
- On successful cancellation of ticket, cancellation fee will be deducted and refund money will be displayed on the screen.
- A confirmation message will be sent to the mobile number (provided at the time of booking) for cancellation of the ticket. A confirmation mail for cancellation will be sent to the email id registered with IRCTC.
- In case of partial cancellation (reservation of more than one person but cancellation of one ticket) the passenger should obtain a fresh printout of the Electronic Reservation Slip (ERS) for those passengers who are continuing their journey.
