Indian Railways : Many times it happens that people book train tickets in advance but later it becomes difficult to change the dates and then the tickets have to be cancelled.
Not only this, half of the money is also deducted due to this. Then a new ticket has to be booked for the new date. If you have also been stuck in this problem many times and got your tickets canceled due to change of date, then today we are going to tell you a rule of Indian Railways according to which you can change the date of journey without canceling the ticket. You will not have to pay any charge for this.
Yes, lakhs of people travel in Indian Railways every day, hence many people have to cancel their tickets because they are of little use. But keeping in mind the convenience of passengers, many rules have been implemented by Indian Railways. According to those rules, you can save your money and also complete the journey easily without any problem. Let us know how the date of journey can be changed without canceling the ticket and what is its process –
This is how you can change the date of ticket without canceling it.
If you have already booked a train ticket and at the last moment you have to change the date for some reason, then you can change your date without canceling the ticket. But to change the date of your journey on a confirmed ticket, you will have to do this about 48 hours before the train time, otherwise you may have to face problems.
First of all you have to surrender the ticket at the reservation counter. After that you will have to apply for a new date. In this you also get a chance to change the class. As soon as your application is received by Indian Railways, both your class and date will be changed. You will not be charged any fee for this. However, to change the class, you will have to pay accordingly.