Indian Railways: If you are going to the railway station with a platform ticket, you can still be fined, know the rules

India's vast rail network is spread across the country. Indian Railways has an important contribution in the economic development and connectivity of the country. It works to connect the border areas of the country to big metros. Every day crores of people travel in Indian trains in the country. Many times the relatives of the passengers traveling in the train also come to drop them at the station.

However, under the rules of the Railways, it is necessary to have a platform ticket to go to the station. If you do not have a platform ticket. In this situation, if you are caught, you can be fined. At the same time, do you know that even if you are going to the railway station with a platform ticket, you can be fined. Let's know about it in detail -

Under the rules of Indian Railways, the platform ticket you buy to go to the railway station is valid only for some time. The validity of the platform ticket is only for a total of 2 hours.

If you have gone to the station with a platform ticket and more than two hours have passed. In this case, your platform ticket expires. In such a situation, if you are caught, you can be fined.

You get many facilities on platform ticket. Under the rules of Indian Railways, you can travel in the train by taking a platform ticket. However, after boarding the train, you have to immediately meet the TTE and get your ticket made.

Platform ticket confirms from which station you boarded the train. For this reason, you must buy a platform ticket while going to the railway station.

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