Refund / Cancellation procedure for Railway tickets booked through swiping machines

New Delhi: With a view to facilitate convenient booking of reserved and unreserved tickets by passengers through cashless modes of payment viz. Credit / Debit cards even at the ticket booking counters, Indian Railways has decided to install 10,000 PoS (Point of Sale / swipe) machines at railway stations and reservation counters. Depending on the swiping machine, following is the cancellation cum refund procedure for tickets:

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IRCTC Rail Connect App to make mobile booking convenient

New Delhi: Indian Railways e-Ticketing System caters to over 10 lakhs passengers daily (comprising 58 percent of total reserved passengers) who can book Railways reserved tickets without leaving their homes or offices. To increase the ease to users, a new Android based mobile app for reserved booking ‘IRCTC Rail Connect’ has been developed to bring the power of Next Generation E-ticketing System like High Performance and Enhanced Security.

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10% fare rebate on vacant Berth / Seats after chart preparation on all trains

In continuation with its earlier announcement of providing 10% rebate in the basic fare on the vacant berths / seats after preparation of first chart in Rajdhani / Duronto / Shatabdi trains, Indian Railways has decided to extend this rebate in the reserved class of all other trains w.e.f. 01.01.2017 on an experimental basis for six months. The detailed provisions are as under:

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