No reservation? Travel on platform ticket!

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If you also travel by train, then there is important news for you. Lakhs of people travel daily by Indian Railways. Railway keeps on offering facilities from time to time for the convenience of its passengers. There are many such important rules of the railway, about which people know very little. These rules make your journey easy and comfortable. Many times it also happens that you suddenly have to go somewhere but you cannot get a ticket on any train. In such a situation, there is definitely an option of a Tatkal ticket, but many times there is only disappointment. If you also have to travel suddenly, thendo not have to worry. You can travel by train even without a ticket.

What is an option? According to railway rules, if you do not have a reservation and you have to go somewhere then you do not have to worry. You can also board the train and travel by taking a platform ticket. For this, you can get your reservation made from TTE after boarding the train.

TTE can’t stop If the seat is not vacant on the train, then TTE will not give you the seat but cannot ask you to get down from the train. In this situation, you will be charged the fare of the class of the coach you are in along with a penalty of Rs 250, and a ticket will be made up to your destination station. That means you will be able to travel easily. With platform ticket you become eligible to board the train and you will have to pay the fare from the same station from where you have taken the platform ticket. That is, this will be your departure station.