Indian Railways: If you also travel by rail, then this news is of great use to you. Railway gives you a great convenience, which can make your journey easier. Let’s know.
Indian Railways: There is good news for those traveling by rail. You can catch a train from any other station instead of your original railway station. The most important thing is that you will not even have to pay a fine to the Railways for this. Just for this you have to change the ticket, otherwise you may be fined. Let us know about this special rule of railways.
Change boarding station in booked ticket
If for some reason you have to catch a train from a station other than the one you have booked, then you can revise your boarding station. IRCTC gives tremendous facilities for the passengers. This facility is for all those passengers who have booked train tickets online and not through travel agents or through Passenger Reservation System. Apart from this, change in boarding station cannot be done in PNRs of VIKALP option.
Know Terms and Conditions
If you also want to change the origin station, then for this you will have to change online 24 hours before the departure of the train.
But you should know that according to the official website of IRCTC, once the passenger changes his boarding station, he cannot catch the train from the original boarding station.
On the other hand, if he catches a train from another station without changing the boarding station, he will have to pay penalty as well as the difference in fare between the boarding point and the revised boarding point.
As per IRCTC rules, change in boarding station can be done only once.
Know the easy way to change boarding station
1. For this you first go to the official website of IRCTC https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search .
2. Now login and password years and then go to ‘Booking Ticket History’.
3. Select your train and go to ‘change boarding point’.
4. A new page will open, in the drop down select the new boarding station for that train.
5. After selecting the new station, the system will ask for confirmation. Now you click on ‘OK’.
6. You will receive an SMS on your mobile to change the boarding station.
