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Indian Railways Rule: Do you also have a seat in RAC, know whether you will get the seat or not

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Indian Railways: There is important news for those traveling by train. If you are also planning to travel by train. If your ticket is also RAC, then know what this RAC means? Also, if there is a lower RAC seat for two passengers, then where will the upper side passenger sit?


Indian Railways: If you are traveling by train then you must be aware of some new rules. Often there are some changes in the train. There are many disputes regarding seats in trains. For this, rules related to seats have also been made by the Railways. In this, a rule has been made even for sleeping. When will the passengers sleep? When will you sit on the seat? There is a rule about this. Similarly, if there are two people in the lower side berth and two people in the RAC seat, then where will the upper side passenger sit?

You may have faced such problems at some point, but it is very important to know about such rules of Railways. For this, first of all what is RAC and when is it released? Detailed information about this should be known.

Know what is RAC

The full form of RAC is Reservation Against Cancellation. This means that if someone’s ticket gets cancelled, then you will get the entire seat. But till then you will get a seat only to sit. Let us tell you that in case of RAC, 2 passengers have to sit on one seat. Having RAC status does not give you a sleeper seat. If one person cancels his reservation when two people have got a seat, then the other passenger gets the entire seat.

What should passengers do if there is a waiting list?

Let us tell you that this happens only when there is RAC. If your ticket is showing waiting status. Then you cannot sit in the reservation compartment. In this situation, you will have to go in the general compartment to travel by train.

Where should the side upper person sit?

Where will the side confirmed upper berth passenger sit when there are two people with RAC tickets on the seat below? This question is so complicated that even TTEs get worried many times. The two people who have been given RAC. They are already sitting. In such a situation, it is not easy for a third person to sit on that seat.

In such a situation, the RAC person on the side lower will have to adjust among themselves. The person on the side upper will sit below according to the berth number. From 6 am to 10 pm, if the passenger of the upper berth wants to sit down, he can sit on the lower seat. However, Railways has not issued any rules. When such a problem arises, it is expected that the passengers will show goodwill and adjust among themselves.

Where is RAC seat in sleeper class?

Now only side lower seats are provided in all coaches in sleeper class. Its 7 seats have been reserved for RAC. A total of 14 passengers can travel on these. Let us tell you that 2 people can sit on the 2 seats of the side lower. If someone’s reservation is cancelled, you can make a sleeper seat by combining those two seats.

Pravesh Maurya
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