Railway Ticket Reservation: Railways has made some changes in the online reservation ticket for children. According to the latest change, now you can book reservation tickets for children sitting at home.
Railway Ticket Reservation: Railways has made some changes in the railway reservation tickets for children. According to the latest change, now you can book reservation tickets for children sitting at home. Earlier tickets had to be booked offline. The Director (PM) has clarified that there is no change in the fees charged for taking child seats and for not taking seats. ACM (R) Harish Chaturvedi says that for children between 1 to 10 years, full seat fare will have to be paid.
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Till now railway tickets had to be taken from the railway station.
Railway’s Deputy CCM (R) Atul Srivastava and reservation expert Ajay Kashmiri say that till now children aged between 5 to 11 years had to go to the railway station to get half the tickets. In fact, if till now the children’s tickets have not been booked while making the reservation and they also have to be booked later, but they do not want a separate seat, then in such a situation, there is no provision to book children’s tickets at half fare after online booking from IRCTC. was not. Half the ticket could be bought by going to the railway station. But now Chris has updated the software.
What are the rules for children?
According to railway rules, if a child aged between 1 to 4 years travels with you, then there will be no need to make reservation in a separate reserved bogie for him. Children below 5 years can travel in the train without a ticket. At the same time, if a child between 5 years to 12 years is traveling with you, then he will have to pay half the ticket. But if you want a separate berth for the child, then you will have to pay the full fare for it.
Book tickets online like this
- You can book train tickets online by directly logging into the IRCTC (subsidiary company of Indian Railways) website.
- After this you will have to select the boarding and destination station.
- Choose your favorite train.
- Check Train Ticket Availability
- You have to fill the passenger details (like name, age, gender, berth preference and meal preference)
- After filling all the details, proceed towards payment.
- Fill the required details at the time of payment.
- Once payment is made, your online train ticket booking becomes final.
- Your train ticket booking details will be sent to you via email or phone.
These documents will be needed
- Aadhar card
- Voter photo identity card
- Passport
- Driving license
- PAN card
- Central/State Government issued photo identity card
- Student ID card with photo
- Bank pass book with photo
- Laminated Photograph Credit Cards
- Photo ID with serial number
