Indian Railway Rules: Your RAC ticket may be converted to waiting, Know the reason to convert

New Delhi. Currently, there is a rush for trains to go home for Chhath Puja. Waiting tickets are not even available in many trains going to Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh. People who have RAC tickets are relieved that at least half a seat will be there in the train, where they will get to sit and complete the journey.

So let us tell you that RAC ticket can go into waiting and now strictness is being exercised in traveling on waiting tickets. In this way, the dream of traveling on RAC can be shattered. It is natural for you to be shocked to hear this, but it is true. Indian Railways itself has given the reason for this. Let’s know-

Most people travel during festival season and summer vacations. On an average, 2.3 crore people travel by trains every day. This number increases three to four times during the festive season. For convenient travel, people make reservations 60 days in advance (earlier this time limit was 120 days). RAC (Reservation against cancellation) tickets are given after confirming tickets. According to the rules of the railways, if a passenger cancels a ticket, your RAC ticket will be confirmed in its place. Otherwise, you will have to travel on half the side lower seat. Whereas you cannot travel on a waiting ticket.

Because of this RAC can be converted into waiting

Generally RAC gets confirmed, during festival season or in some trains it does not get confirmed. But sometimes there is a possibility of it going into the waiting list. According to the railways, if a coach of a train is found unfit at the last moment before the journey, it is removed due to safety reasons. After this there are two situations. Extra coach is not available or if available then it is of ICF of LHB. The number of seats in it is less.

There may be a difference on the entire RAC of the train

If the entire coach is not available, then before preparing the chart, the initial RAC is adjusted in lieu of the cancelled seats and the remaining RAC of the entire train is put on the waiting list. If an ICF coach is available, then the RAC of that coach can be put on waiting list. Because in ICF, the total number of seats in sleeper is 72 and in third AC, there are 64 seats. Whereas in LHB sleeper there are 80 seats and in third AC, there are 72 seats. Due to the availability of a coach, its effect is only on that coach. At present, Indian Railways is running about seven and a half thousand additional trains. All the extra coaches have been installed in these trains.

Understand the meaning of RAC

There is RAC (Reservation against cancellation). In this, if someone cancels the ticket, then your ticket will be confirmed. Till then you will have to travel on half the side lower seat. RAC seat is available for two people. If a passenger cancels his confirmed ticket, then the first RAC passenger gets a confirmed seat. After this, the remaining second passenger can travel on the full RAC seat.

There are 12 to 14 RACs in one coach

RAC is given to 12 to 14 passengers in a coach. This number is for third AC and sleeper. It depends on the size of the coach. Because ICF is a small coach and LHB is a big coach. In this way, 6 to 7 berths are for RAC.

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