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Charging of wait-listed/ without ticket passengers

Commercial Circular No. 24 of 2003 · 2003-03-28
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Circular numberCommercial Circular No. 24 of 2003
File numberNo.2003/ TG.V/26/
Date2003-03-28
TypeCommercial Circular
Topictrain-services
CurrencyHistorical — likely superseded
Official PDFindianrailways.gov.in

Summary

Charging of wait-listed/ without ticket passengers As such, the passengers found travelling in Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Jan Shatabdi Express trains -

Text of the circular

Government of India(Bharat Sarkar) 7
Ministry of Railways(Rail Mantralaya)
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. No.2003/ TG.V/26/ 1. cae New Delhi, dated 28.03.2003.
The Chief Commercial Managers, oo |

_ All Zonal Railways.

( Commercial Circular No. 24 of 2003 )

Sub:Charging of wait-listed/ without ticket passengers.
in Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express trains.

Please refer to this Office letter No.98/TG.1/9/P dated 29.3.2001(Commercial

Circular No. 16 of 2001) wherein detailed policy guidelines regarding Rajdhani/Shatabdi Express

_ trains were issued to all Zonal Railways. Paras 7 & 8 of these instructions deal with charging of
passengers travelling with waitlisted tickets in Rajdhani/Shatabdi Express trains.

While presenting Rail Budget in Lok Sabha for the financial year 2003-2004, Hon’ble MR
has made the following announcement :- a

“At present, if a wait-listed passenger boards a Rajdhani or Shatabdi Express train,
excess fare, equal to the ticket fare, is charged. It is felt that this penal charge needs
a revision. It has been decided that the rules in respect of waitlisted passengers
hoarding Mail/Express trains will now be applicable to wait-listed passengers of
Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Jan Shatabdi Express trains also.” .

As such, the passengers found travelling in Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Jan Shatabdi Express trains -
with wait-listed tickets on or after 14.2003 will not be excess charged and dealt with as in case of
wait-listed passengers travelling in other Mail/Express trains. re

“All other — instructions including the rules for passengers travelling in
Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Jan Shatabdi Express trains without ticket will, however, remain unchanged.

( A.K.Goyal )
Executive Director, Passenger Marketing,
Railway Board.

Copy to: 1. FA&CAO, Ail Zonal Railways,
2. Director of Audit, All a

For Financial missioner ailways.

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No. 2003/TG-V/26/1. |... New Delhi, dated. 28.3.2003

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