Ashwini Vaishnav on Train Ticket: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said in Parliament on Friday that the ticket purchased from the ticket counter can be canceled online through IRCTC website or inquiry number 139, but to get the amount, one has to go to the Railway Reservation Center. BJP MP Medha Vishram Kulkarni had questioned whether there is a need to go to the station before the train departure to cancel the ticket. But do you know that the train ticket taken at the counter can also be canceled online.
Passengers buy tickets from IRCTC or from other apps
Many millions of people travel every day with Indian trains. Most of this nowadays buy passenger tickets online IRCTC website or other apps or websites. Still today, the number of such people is very high, who go to the counter and take a train ticket. But now you know that you can cancel the train ticket taken on the counter online.
In a written reply to this question, Vaishnav said in the Rajya Sabha that the ticket will be canceled at the reservation counter if the railway passengers (cancellation of tickets (tickets can be canceled and rent return) to the waiting list taken from the PRS Counter (Railway Reservation Center) as per the time limit.
Refund amount can be taken by depositing tickets at PRS counter
He said, under normal circumstances, PRS counter tickets can be canceled online through IRCTC website or 139 within the stipulated time limit as per Railway Passenger (ticket cancellation and rent return) Rules 2015 and refund amount can be taken by depositing tickets at the original PRS counter of the reservation counters.
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