REFUND OF DUPLICATE RAIL TICKET CHARGES NOW ALLOWED
The Ministry of Railways
has decided that from today onward, the 10 per cent or 25 per
cent of rail fare collected for issuing duplicate ticket before
preparation of reservation chart, against lost or misplaced, reserved
or Reservation Against Cancellation (RAC) tickets, shall be refundable
from Passenger Reservation Service (PRS) terminals at destination
station after completion of journey.
Refund will be
granted on verification from PRS that no one has taken refund
on the concerned lost or misplaced ticket and after deducing usual
clerkage charge per passenger.
Refund will be
admissible, on surrendering the duplicate ticket, during working
hours of reservation office and upto three days of arrival of
the train.
So far, charges
collected for issuance of duplicate ticket were not refundable
after commencement of journey.
This follows announcement
by the Railway Minister Shri Nitish Kumar in his Railway Budget
2003-2004 speech on February 26, 2003 in the Lok Sabha.
