By Admin 
Every day lakhs of people travel by train in India. Train is the most reliable and cheapest means of travel for weddings, travelling, work or meeting family. The best thing about train travel is that you can book multiple tickets at the same time with your family or friends. But it often happens that when you book tickets for 4 to 5 people, not all their tickets are confirmed. In such a situation, the question arises that if there are five people in the same family and the tickets of only three of them are confirmed, then can the remaining people travel in the train, will TTE remove them from the train and what will be the penalty? So let us know if there are 5 people in the family but only three tickets are confirmed, then how can the rest travel.
How does the ticket booking system work in Railways?
When you take tickets for 4-5 people in a single booking, a PNR number is generated for your ticket. This PNR is a record of all your ticket information. This includes who all are travelling, in which train, seat number and coach, dates of journey. In such a situation, if you booked tickets for five people. Out of these, some tickets get confirmed and some go in the waiting list, so earlier the rule was that if some tickets on the same PNR were confirmed and some were in waiting, then everyone could board the train. Waitlisted passengers may not be able to get a seat, but could travel in the train and the TTE would not deboard them. But now Railways has changed the rules.
What are the new rules for those with waiting tickets?
Now Railways has made it clear that only those passengers whose ticket is confirmed can travel in the train. Waiting list passengers cannot board sleeper or AC coaches. If your ticket status is still waiting even after charting, you cannot travel in that coach. If you board the train without a confirmed ticket, TTE can deboard you from the train and fine or legal action can also be taken.
What to do if 3 out of 5 tickets are confirmed?
If there are 5 people in your family and after ticket booking, 3 tickets are confirmed and 2 are left in waiting list, then waiting list passengers, if the ticket is converted to RAC, then you can board the train. RAC means that your seat will be shared with someone. If the ticket is still waiting after chart preparation, then you cannot board the train directly. Apart from this, you can buy general tickets by going to the station. You can book general tickets from UTS app. Boarding the train without a ticket or waiting ticket is against the rules and TTE can take action.
IRCTC and waiting ticket
If you book a ticket online and it is not confirmed, then IRCTC auto-cancels that ticket and refunds the money. This means that you do not need to cancel the ticket yourself. If a passenger in the train cancels the journey and the seat becomes vacant, then TTE can give the seat to a waiting passenger.
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