Railway Rule: You can travel on the general ticket in a sleeper coach, this rule of the railway is useful...
Indian Railways has made several rules for the convenience of the passengers and to fill the vacant seats in the trains. But, many passengers are not aware of these rules, and due to this either they are not able to take advantage of them or they make mistakes. Keeping this in mind, today we are telling you about a rule. If you do regular train travel then this rule can prove to be very useful for you. Indian Railways works like a company providing transport services to the people. His emphasis is on filling the maximum number of seats available on the trains. But, many such trains run on different routes of the country, in which seats remain vacant after a particular station till the next few stations.
Due to this, trains have to proceed with empty seats only. On the other hand, due to the seats remaining vacant, there is also an economic loss to the Railways. To compensate for this loss, the Railways makes several rules at the local and zone level, so that maximum use of the seats available in the trains can be made. There is a rule related to this, traveling in a sleeper coach on a general ticket. At first sight, this may seem strange to you. But, Indian Railways gives this facility. Here general ticket means a completely general ticket. We are not putting you under any misconception.
You just have to keep in mind here that this facility is not available on every train. You can avail of this facility between certain stations in certain trains of different zones. Under this facility, a passenger can travel some distance by sitting in a sleeper coach by taking a ticket from the general ticket window. TTE will not charge any fine or penalty from this passenger traveling on the general ticket in spiller coach.
What are the rules
The first thing is that these rules are according to different zones. Different zones mark some trains on their routes and find out between which two major stations the seats in the sleeper coach remain vacant during the day. Keeping this in mind, tickets are issued to the passengers from the general ticket window between the said stations of that zone. The condition in this is that the train passes between the aid stations during the daytime. The purpose of issuing such tickets in trains passing here during the day is that the passengers having reservations in spiller coach do not face any problems.
These trains of Bihar have this facility
The CPRO of Eastern Central Railway said that this facility is available on all major trains of Bihar. According to the information received from Indian Railways, passengers can travel in sleeper coach on a general ticket between Sonpur to Darbhanga in Bihar Sampark Kranti Express running between Delhi and Darbhanga. Similarly, on the Vaishali Express train running between Delhi to Saharsa, passengers can travel between Sonpur to Barauni by taking a general ticket. This facility is also available on other trains like Saptkranti, Gwalior-Barauni Express, Saryu-Yamuna, Howrah Raxaul, Magadh Express, Dhanbad-Patna, etc.
Northern Railway does not provide this facility
Where the Railways provide this facility in its trains, the Northern Railway says that it does not provide this facility in the trains passing through its area. This causes trouble to the passengers.
