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  Railways tightens rules: No refund on tickets cancelled less than 8 hours before departure

  India | March 24, 2026 13:26 IST

  Indian Railways has revised its ticket refund rules, removed full refunds near departure, and introduced new options for boarding and coach upgrades. Passengers can now cancel tickets from any station and upgrade their coach up to 30 minutes before departure.

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  Govt to scrap cancellation charges on waiting tickets? Rail Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw responds

  India | December 12, 2024 17:08 IST

  Ticket cancellation charges: The train passengers must note that there are two categories of ticket cancellation in Railways. First – before the chart is created and second – after the chart is created. This decides how much refund you will get.

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  Railways cancels all regular train tickets booked till June 30, passengers to get full refund

  India | May 14, 2020 10:24 IST

  Indian Railways on Wednesday announced to cancel all train ticket bookings made earlier for journeys till June 30.

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  Coronavirus: IRCTC issues advisory for passengers over ticket cancellation; says don't do this

  Business | March 25, 2020 14:42 IST

  The Indian Railways subsidiary, Indian Rail Catering and Tourism Corporation or IRCTC on Wednesday urged to the people not to cancel their e-tickets on their own if their trains being cancelled by the national transporter due to nation-wide lockdown to help curb the spread of deadly novel coronavirus pandemic.

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  IndiGo offers free cancellation and ticket amount as credit if booking is of before April 30

  India | March 24, 2020 18:49 IST

  IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta said on Tuesday that the airline would not be charging any fee for cancelling tickets that are up to April 30, and it would store the ticket price as credit on that PNR, which can be used for alternative booking up to September 30.

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  Railways relaxes refund rules for travel between March 21-April 15

  India | March 21, 2020 14:47 IST

  Railways issued an advisory on Saturday relaxing refund rules for passengers who had booked tickets to travel between March 21 and April 15 in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in the country to avoid crowding on trains and encourage social distancing. 

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  Coronavirus: GoAir to not charge cancellation, rescheduling fee on tickets booked till April 30

  India | March 08, 2020 20:21 IST

  Budget carrier GoAir will not charge any fee on cancellation or rescheduling of tickets booked till April 30 amid the coronavirus scare. The offer applies for all bookings made between March 8 and April 30 and for a travel period between March 8 and September 30.

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  Railways earned Rs 9000 Cr from ticket cancellation charges, non-cancellation of wait-listed tickets

  Business | February 25, 2020 15:43 IST

  The Indian Railways earned over Rs 9,000 crore from ticket cancellation charges and non-cancellation of wait-listed tickets between 2017 and 2020, the national transporter has said in response to an RTI application.

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  Man gets Rs 33 refund for cancelled ticket after 2 years of battle with IRCTC

  India | May 09, 2019 11:18 IST

  The ticket was booked in April 2017, before the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), and subsequently cancelled. It was booked for a journey on July 2, 2017, a day after the new tax regime came into force.

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  Ticket cancellation charges too high, govt tells airlines; orders review

  Business | November 28, 2017 10:28 IST

  The government believes cancellation charges are too high, sometimes even more than the price of the ticket itself.