Railway Refund Rules For RAC: Every day in the country, crores of passengers travel from one place to another by train. For these, several thousand trains are run by the Railways. While traveling by train, most of the passengers prefer to travel by making reservation so that they can get a guaranteed seat. But many times the ticket is not confirmed and the ticket appears in the status of RAC i.e. Reservation Against Cancellation.
In such a situation, passengers worry whether they will be able to travel and if the ticket has to be cancelled, whether they will get their money back or not. Railways has made rules for refund and ticket cancellation in such situations. Let us tell you how you can take refund in such a situation.
How to get refund on RAC ticket?
Agral you get the train ticket. Your ticket is not confirmed and gets stuck in RAC. In such a situation, if you want, you can still continue your journey. However, you will have to share the seat. If your ticket is RAC and you do not want to travel. So you can take refund from Railways. Refund rules for RAC tickets are also different.
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To cancel the ticket, you will have to apply on the official website of the Railways or IRCTC app or by going to the ticket counter at the station. Generally, for RAC tickets the deduction on cancellation is somewhat less. Because the seat was not confirmed. Keep in mind that cancellation is necessary before the journey. Because refund is not available after the journey starts.
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Follow this process
To get refund, login to IRCTC website or mobile app, select Cancel Ticket option and cancel the RAC ticket. If you are canceling over the counter. So take the ticket and ID card and go to the counter. After ticket cancellation, the refund will be automatically credited to your account.
Usually refund comes in 7-10 days. Apart from this, if the train gets canceled or the passenger’s RAC ticket is confirmed. Then the refund received after ticket cancellation may be more or less depending on the charges.
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