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Commercial Circular No. 11 of 2026 · 2026-04-02
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 11 of 2026
File numberNo. 2026/TG-V/26/1
Date2026-04-02
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicconcessions
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Allowing PwDs holding UDID card to travel in unreserved coaches earmarked for PwDs. © General Secretary, National Federation of Indian Railwaymen |

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No. 2026/TG-V/26/1_ New Delhi, dated: 02.04.2026

: Principal Chief Commercial Managers,

All Zonal Railways.
(Commercial Circular No. 11 of 2026)

~~ Sub: Allowing PwDs holding UDID card to travel in
unreserved coaches earmarked for PwDs. ©

At present, in normal Mail/Express trains, unreserved

accommodation is_earmarked for Persons with Disability
‘(PwDs) in SLRD/LSLRD_ coaches. Clarifications are being

sought regarding the PwDs who are eligible to travel in
these coach es. ं

2. It is clarified that PwDs holding valid UDID cards
issued _ by Department of Empowerment of Persons with
Disabilities (DEPWD) and also those PwDs who have been
granted concessional fare facility by Indian Railways will be
considered as bonafide passengers for travelling in the
SLRD/LSLRD coaches earmarked for PwDs subject to
holding a valid authority to travel. Action against other
passengers (not authorized to travel in such coaches) found
ravelling in these coaches shall be taken as per provisions
of Railway Act, 1989.

3. Necessary instructions may be issued to all concerned

SANJAY MANOCHA
Date: 02-04-2026
12:10:46

(Sanjay Manocha)

DPM-II

Railway Board

Phone No. 011-23047367

E-Mail ID- manocha.421sanjay@gov.in
Room No. 415-A, 4th Floor

[73154056/2026

2026/TG-V/26/1 . : 173154056/2026

Copy forwarded for information to:

. CCM/PMs and CCM/PSs, all Zonal Railways...

i. CEO & CRB, M(O&BD), Member Finance, Railway Board for
information.

_EDPG/MR, OSD/MR, JDPG/MoSR(S), Office of MoSR(R) 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 Dethi-110029

vi. General Manager/PRS-l, 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
(FROA), Room No. 370, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi.

Secretary General, Indian. Railways Promotee Officers Federation
(IRPOF), Room No.268, Rail Bhawan, New Delhi.

xii.

----xili: 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 —

भारत ULHN/GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
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सं.2026/टीजी-४/26/1 नई दिल्‍्ली,दिनांक: 02.04.2026

प्रधान मुख्य वाणिज्य प्रबंधक,
सभी क्षेत्रीय रेलें
(2026 का वाणिज्यिक परिपत्र सं.11)
fava: यूडीआईडी कार्ड धारी दिव्यांगजनों को दिव्यांगजनों & fee चिहिनत
अनारक्षित सवारी डिब्बों में यात्रा करने की अनुमति देना।

वर्तमान... मैं, . सामान्य. मेल/एक्सप्रेस  रेलगाड़ियों _ में दिव्यांगजनों _ के. ल्रिए
एसएलआरडी/एलएसएलआरडी सवारी डिब्बों A अनारक्षित जगह चिन्हित है। इन सवारी डिब्बों में
यात्रा के ल्लिए पात्र दिव्यांगजनों के संबंध मैं स्पष्टीकरण मांगा गया है।

2. यह स्पष्ट किया जाता है कि जिन दिव्यांगजनों के पास' दिव्यांगजन सशक्तिकरण विश्वाग
: दूवारा जारी किए जाने वाला यूडीआईडी कार्ड है और साथ ही वे दिव्यांगजन जिन्हें भारतीय रेल aan
Rar किराया सुविधा प्रदान की गई है, को. दिव्

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