indian railway rules if train delayed this much then you will get full refund know the rules

By Cross Talk India Team On Nov 25, 2024

Indian Railway Delay Refund Rules: In India, crores of passengers travel by train every day. For which Indian Railways runs thousands of trains. When people have to travel some distance. So the first choice of most people is train. But in India, due to some reasons, Railways has had to cancel many trains. Especially in North India, winter has set in.

In such a situation, there is a lot of fog also. In winter, many railway trains run very late due to fog. Due to which passengers have to face a lot of trouble. Even at present, many trains from the Railways are running late by hours during fog. But if the trains are delayed by more than that many hours. So you are given a full refund. Know what are the rules regarding this.

If train is late by more than three hours, you will get full refund

Winter has arrived in India. At many places there is a lot of fog in winter. Talking specifically, there is a lot of fog in North India. Due to this, many trains of Indian Railways get delayed by many hours. But if the train is very late due to fog. Then you will get full refund. According to the rules of Indian Railways, if a train is late by 3 hours or more. So you are given full refund on cancellation of train ticket. Passengers have to file TDR for the same. Then they get full refund of the ticket.

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How to file TDR?

If you are going somewhere in this cold season. And because of fog your train is late by more than 3 hours. So if you want, you can cancel it and get full refund. For this you will have to file TDR. To file TDR if you have booked tickets online. So you have to login your IRCTC ID.

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After this you will have to go to the Services tab and select File Ticket Deposit Receipt i.e. TDR. After this you will have to go to My Transactions and click on the File TDR option. After this your claim request will go to Railways. And the money will be returned to the same account from which you booked the ticket.

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