New: Facility to change the starting point on any train ticket procured from any Station!
Posted on: 14/Jun/2022 1:59:11 PM
The facility for the passengers who booked their tickets ONLINE to change the starting (boarding station) was introduced 3 years ago! Now, this facility has been extended to the tickets procured for the Railway Stations as well!
As such, Indian Railways have come forward to extend this facility to the passengers who booked their Express Train Tickets at the Railway Stations!
Until recently, the passengers who booked their Express train tickets online had the facility to change their boarding point until 4 hours before the train departure (before the reservation charts are prepared and pasted), by informing the same IRCTC Website or calling the number 139! This facility is available to passengers who booked through Tatkal as well.
This facility has been created for train passengers who are constrained and unable to reach the boarding station due to unavoidable circumstances!
Henceforth, even those passengers who booked their tickets at the Railway station can avail of the facility to change the boarding point 4 hours before the scheduled train departure � they can visit the website: www.irctc.co.in and press the button �more� on the main menu. Then, select the newly introduced option �counter ticket boarding point change�.
Register the cell number given while booking the ticket and register the OTP (One-time-password) given, the choice would be given to change the boarding point. As such, the reservation allotted for this particular passenger will not be given to any other person!
This facility was given to the passengers who booked their tickets ONLINE in the year 2019, on 3rd May, Now, this facility has been extended to others as well! The website has been modified to accommodate this latest facility.
Earlier, the passenger had to contact the IRCTC website 48 hours before or by directly visiting the station and giving a written application to change the boarding station! Now, this has been simplified!
It is worth noting at this juncture that as per the statistics provided by the Indian Railways, around 65% of the train tickets are booked ONLINE!!
