New Delhi, March 9: In a major relief to passengers, Indian Railways has now announced that it will allow passengers to transfer their confirmed ticket to another person in case if they are not able to travel. In case if you are unable to travel on your confirmed ticket, you can transfer it to another person or your family member. The notification says, that a person can transfer the confirmed ticket to another family member be it the father, mother, sibling, children or spouse. It must be noted that the person would need to make a written request 24 hour prior the scheduled departure.

In its new notification, the Indian Railways said, "Chief Reservation Supervisor of important stations is authorised by Railway Administration to permit the change of name of a passenger having a seat or berth reserved in his name”. This facility has also been extended to the National Cadet Corps. As per reports, a cadet or a group of cadets can get reservation ticket or tickets transferred to other cadets with a written request by any officer who is the head of such a group. It should be done 24 hours before departure.

Here are the guidelines set by Indian Railways:

For government servants:

According to the notification, if the passenger is a government servant, proceeding on duty, the person can make written request 24 hour before the scheduled departure of trains. The name on the ticket will be changed to another person’s name on whom the ticket is transferred.

For a Marriage Party:

If the passenger is part of a marriage party then the confirmed ticket can be transferred to another person with a written request by an individual deemed to be the head of the group 24 hours before departure.

If the passengers are members of a marriage party, then any person deemed to be head of the group can make a written request 48 hours before the scheduled departure of the train. The reservation made in the name of any member of the marriage party can be transferred to any other person, in this way.

For Family Members:

A passenger can also transfer his confirmed ticket to another member of his family, meaning, father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, husband and wife. He/she just needs to make a request in writing 24 hours before the scheduled departure of the train.

For Recognised education institutions:

Another condition applies where the passengers are students of a recognised educational institute. In such a case, the head of the institution can make a written request 48 hours before the scheduled departure. The reservation made in the name of any student can be transferred to any other student of the same institute.

For NCC cadets:

The facility can also be availed by a group of cadets of National Cadet Corps who have confirmed reservation ticket/tickets but need to transfer it/them to any other cadet. Any officer, who is head of such a group, can make a written request 24 hour before the train’s departure.

It must be noted that such request will be granted only once. Reports state that in case of students, marriage party and NCC cadets, such request for change in excess of 10 per cent of the total strength of group shall not be granted.

 

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