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Allowing PwDs holding UDID card to travel in unreserved coaches earmarked for PwDs

Addendum to Commercial Circular No. 11 of 2026 · 2026-07-30
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Circular numberAddendum to Commercial Circular No. 11 of 2026
File numberNo. 2026/TG-V/26/1
Date2026-07-30
TypeAddendum
Topicconcessions
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Allowing PwDs holding UDID card to travel in unreserved coaches earmarked for PwDs PwDs holding valid UDID cards issued by Department of

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (भारत सरकार)
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (रेल मंालय)
RAILWAY BOARD (रेलवे बोड)
*****
No. 2026/TG-V/26/1                      New Delhi, dated. 30.07.2026
 
Principal Chief Commercial Managers,
All Zonal Railways.
 
(ADDENDUM TO COMMERCIAL CIRCULAR NO. 11 of 2026)
 
Sub: Allowing PwDs holding UDID card to travel in
unreserved coaches earmarked for PwDs.
 
Vide Commercial Circular No. 11 of 2026 clarification
regarding Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) holding UDID
cards and valid authority to travel was issued for travelling
in normal Mail/Express trains in SLRD/LSLRD coaches.
 
2.       It is further clarified for the trains running on
suburban sections and ordinary passenger trains, the
following PwDs shall be considered as bonafide passengers
for travelling in coaches earmarked for PwDs:-
i. PwDs who have been granted concessional fare facility
(as per extant guidelines), holding concession certificate
in the prescribed proforma or Railway Divyangjan Card
issued by Indian Railways.
ii. PwDs holding valid UDID cards issued by Department of
Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), who
have not been extended concessional fare facility by the
Railways.
 
2.1    Both the above categories of PwDs should, however,
carry the valid identity proof viz. UDID card or Railway
Divyangjan card or concession certificate in the prescribed
proforma and also a valid authority to undertake the
journey e.g. journey ticket/season ticket etc. Action against
other passengers (not authorized to travel in such coaches)
found travelling in these coaches shall be taken as per
provisions of Railway Act, 1989. It is reiterated that these
instructions enable PwDs holding valid UDID cards issued by
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DEPwD to undertake the journey in the coaches earmarked
for PwDs, but do not extend concessional fare facility to
them. They should procure a valid authority to travel on
payment of due fare before boarding the train.
 
2.       Necessary instructions may be issued to all
concerned accordingly.
 
 
 
 
(Sanjay Manocha)
DPM-II
Railway Board
Phone No. 011-23047367
E-Mail ID- manocha.421sanjay@gov.in
Room No. 415-A, 4th Floor
Copy forwarded for information to:
i. CCM/PMs and CCM/PSs, all Zonal Railways.
ii. CEO & CRB, M(O&BD), Member Finance, Railway Board for
information.
iii. EDPG/MR, OSD/MR, JDPG/MoSR(S), for information.
iv. PED/Vig, PED/A, EDTC(R), EDFC, ED(I&P), Railway Board for
information.
v. MD/IRCTC, 2ND Floor, Tower-D, World Trade Centre, Nauroji Nagar,
New Delhi-110029
vi. General Manager/PRS-I, CRIS, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
vii. The Principals, Zonal Railway Training Institutes, Central
Railway/Bhusawal, Eastern Railway/Bhuli-Dhanbad, Northern
Railway/Chandausi, East Central railway/Muzaffarpur, NF
Railway/Alipurduar, Southern Railway/Trichy, South Central
Railway/Moula Ali, SE Railway/Sini, North Western Railway/Udaipur.
viii.  Director, Indian Railway Institute of Transport Management, Hardoi
Bypass Road, Manak Nagar, Lucknow-2260011.
ix. General Secretary, National Federation of Indian Railwaymen
(NFIR), 3, Chelmsford Road, New Delhi.
x. General Secretary, All India Railwaymen Federation (AIRF), 4, State
Entry Road, New Delhi.
xi. Secretary General, Federation of Railway Officers Association
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(FROA), Room No. 370, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi.
xii. Secretary General, Indian Railways Promotee Officers Federation
(IRPOF), Room No.268, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi.
xiii. Secretary General, All India RPF Association, Room No. 256-D, Rail
Bhawan, New Delhi.
xiv. Managing Director, Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd, Belapur
Bhavan, Plot no. 6, Sector 11, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai-400 014.
xv. CTM, Metro Railway, Metro Rail Bhawan, 33/1, J.L. Nehru Road,
Kolkata-71.
______________________________________________________________________
Rail Bhawan, Raisina Road, New Delhi-110001
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भारत ALHK(GOVERNMENT OF INDIA)
रेल॑ FATTA(MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS) .
रेलवे aMS(RAILWAY 

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