Fact Check: Should Indian Railway Change 10 Rules Including Tatkal Ticket Cancellation Know Truth

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Indian Railway Viral Message Fact Check: Indian Railways frequently changes the rules for the convenience of passengers. Some railway rules have also changed in the last few years. Now a message is going viral on social media, in which it is being said that the Railways has changed around 10 rules since July. These 10 rules cover many rules from refund to ticket booking. In such a situation, it is necessary to know how much truth is there in this message and whether the rules have really been changed by the Railways?

So let’s examine this message which is going viral today and know what claims are made in the message and what is the truth of the message. Also, a fact check of a viral message will tell you why any viral message should not be trusted.

What is being claimed in the message?

The message claims that the Railways has changed 10 rules from July 1, which are as follows-

The hassle of waiting lists is about to come to an end. Confirmed tickets will be provided to the passengers in the convenience trains run by the Railways.

A 50% refund will be given on Tatkal ticket cancellation from July 1.

Tatkal ticket rules have been changed from 1st July. Ticket booking for AC coaches will be from 10 am to 11 am and for sleeper coaches from 11 am to 12 pm.

Paperless ticketing facility is starting in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains from 1st July. After this facility, paper tickets will not be available in Shatabdi and Rajdhani trains and the tickets will be sent directly to the phone.

Railway ticketing facility in different languages is going to start soon. Now tickets will also be available in regional languages.

There is always a fight for tickets in railways. In such a situation, the number of coaches in Shatabdi and Rajdhani trains will be increased from July 1.

It is also planned to run duplicate trains.

The Ministry of Railways is going to run other convenience trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto and Mail-Express from July 1.

Railways is going to completely stop premium trains from 1st July.

On refund of tickets in facility trains, 50% of the fare will be refunded. Besides, on AC-2 Rs. 100/-, on AC-3 Rs. 90/-, per passenger on sleeper Rs. 60/- will be charged.

Along with this, the destination alert has also been talked about, in which the passengers will get an alert before the station.

How much truth is in the message?

First of all let us tell you that this is not the first time when this message is going viral. This message has gone viral many times over the past few years and many times claims have been made to change these rules. So from this you can estimate how much truth is in this message. Apart from this, railway officials have informed many websites that there is no proposal to change such rules from the railways. In such a situation it can be said that this message is wrong. There has been no change in the train rules since July 1.