Railway new ticketing rule comes into effect; unreserved tickets valid for 3 hours only

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: From today, an unreserved train ticket for travelling upto 199 km distance will no longer be valid after three hours of purchase of the ticket as railways has formulated a new rule.

Unreserved tickets for distances upto 199 km, the journey has to be started from the originating station within three hours of the issue of tickets or upto the departure of first train for the destination whichever is later.

The return journey facility for distance upto 199 km for unreserved tickets has been withdrawn.