Indian Railways extends time limit for claiming refunds

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By Ashish Mitra --
Friday, 08 Jan, 2021

In a piece of good news for passengers, Indian Railways has extended the time limit for claiming refunds for trains cancelled from March 21 to June 31 in 2020.

The Railways has decided to extend train cancellation refund time limit beyond six months and up to nine months from the date of the journey for cancellation of PRS counter tickets and refund of fare across reservation counters for the journey period March 21, 2020 to June 7, 2020.

Earlier too, the Railways had extended the time frame from three days to six months when the Coronavirus pandemic had forced the national transporter to cancel all regular trains.

“After the lapse of six months from the date of journey, many passengers may have deposited the tickets to Claims Office of Zonal Railways through TDR or through general application along with original tickets. Full refund of fare on such PRS counter tickets shall also be allowed for such passengers,” the Railways said.

Soon after the lockdown was announced in March and regular train services were suspended due to the pandemic, the time limit for ticket cancellation was extended from three days to three months and in May it was extended to six months. This was done to restrict the number of passengers at counters and prevent transmission of the Coronavirus.

Indian Railways extends time limit for claiming refunds . In a piece of good news for passengers, Indian Railways has extended the time limit for claiming refunds for trains cancelled from March 21 to June 31 in 2020.

The Railways has decided to extend train cancellation refund time limit beyond six months and up to nine months from the date of the journey for cancellation of PRS counter tickets and refund of fare across reservation counters for the journey period March 21, 2020 to June 7, 2020.

Earlier too, the Railways had extended the time frame from three days to six months when the Coronavirus pandemic had forced the national transporter to cancel all regular trains.

“After the lapse of six months from the date of journey, many passengers may have deposited the tickets to Claims Office of Zonal Railways through TDR or through general application along with original tickets. Full refund of fare on such PRS counter tickets shall also be allowed for such passengers,” the Railways said.

Soon after the lockdown was announced in March and regular train services were suspended due to the pandemic, the time limit for ticket cancellation was extended from three days to three months and in May it was extended to six months. This was done to restrict the number of passengers at counters and prevent transmission of the Coronavirus.