Did you make a mistake while booking train tickets online? Don’t worry… fix your mistake like this

• All details cannot be changed online after booking on IRCTC.
• Some changes like name, boarding station can be done as per railway rules.
• To change the date of travel one has to cancel the ticket and make a new booking.

A video has been going viral on social media for the past few days. In this video, it is claimed that a passenger traveling by Rajdhani Express had written his age wrongly while booking the ticket online. After this, when the TTE checked his ticket during the journey, he had to pay a fine of Rs 7 thousand. The passenger claimed that he had mistakenly written his age by 1 year in the online ticket.

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After this viral video, many people have now raised the question that if something goes wrong while booking tickets online, can it be rectified or not? Actually after booking the ticket online you don’t see any such option on website or app. So, how can the error in online ticketing be corrected? Let’s know about this now. (Photo courtesy: istock)

Can a mistake in an online ticket be corrected?

There is no option to correct any mistake made after booking the ticket in IRCTC website and RailOne app. In that case, if the passenger wants to make any correction in the online ticket booked by him, he has to cancel the ticket and book again. However, as per railway rules, a passenger can visit the nearest railway reservation center if he wants to make any changes in the ticket booked online.

You can make these changes in ticket booking

As per railway rules, a passenger can make some limited changes in the booked ticket, such as passenger’s name, boarding station, etc. You can change the boarding station of the booked ticket online. For this you have to open the IRCTC website and the RailOne app. You can change the boarding station of your journey by going to the history of the booked ticket.

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Date of travel cannot be changed

As per rules, you cannot make any change in travel date after booking the ticket. If you want to change the date of the booked ticket, you have to cancel the ticket and book a new ticket. But if you want to change passenger name, boarding station, etc., you can visit Railway Reservation Center. You will also need ID along with the details of the booked ticket. Any changes to the ticket can only be made up to 24 hours before the departure of the train. No changes can be made to the ticket after this time.