Indian Railway: Indian Railways changed ticket cancellation rules, refund will not be given if ticket is canceled 8 hours before the journey.

Indian Railway: Railways has made a major change in the rules for canceling tickets. Now if a person cancels the ticket till eight hours before the departure of the train, he will not get a refund of even a single penny. No refund will be given if you cancel your confirmed train ticket more than 8 hours before your journey. According to the new rules, if a passenger cancels the ticket 24 to 72 hours before the departure of the train, 25 percent of the money will be deducted. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that the government is preparing to implement about five major reforms, which will improve the service of the Railways. The biggest change is regarding ticket cancellation.

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In this situation 50% amount will be deducted
If you cancel your ticket between 8 to 24 hours before the departure of the train, 50 percent of the amount will be deducted. Earlier this amount was deducted if the ticket was canceled between 4 to 24 hours.

Apart from this, improvements are also being made in the ticket booking system. Now passengers will be able to change their boarding station up to 30 minutes before the departure of the train, which will provide them more convenience. At the same time, Aadhaar based OTP verification has been implemented in Tatkal ticket booking, so that fake booking and misuse can be prevented. Railways has also implemented anti-bot system to make the online ticketing system secure, due to which about 3 crore suspicious or inactive user IDs have been closed.