Ashwini Vaishnav on Train Ticket: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said in Parliament on Friday that the ticket purchased from the ticket counter can be cancelled online through the IRCTC website or inquiry number 139, but one has to go to the Railway Reservation Center to get the amount. BJP MP Medha Vishram Kulkarni had questioned whether there was a need to go to the station before the departure of the train to cancel the ticket. But do you know that the train ticket taken at the counter can also be cancelled online.

Passengers buy tickets from IRCTC or other apps

Every day several lakhs of people travel by Indian trains. Most of these days passengers buy tickets online from IRCTC website or other apps or websites. Still, today the number of people who go to the counter and buy train tickets is quite high. But now you know that the train ticket taken at the counter can be cancelled online.

Vaishnav said in Rajya Sabha in a written reply to this question that the ticket will be cancelled at the reservation counter on handing over the waiting list ticket taken from PRS counter (Railway Reservation Center) as per the time limit prescribed in the Railway Passenger (Ticket Cancellation and Fare Refund) Rules 2015.

The refund amount can be taken by submitting the ticket at the PRS counter.

He said, under normal circumstances, PRS counter tickets can also be canceled online through the IRCTC website or 139 within the time limit prescribed as per Railway Passenger (Ticket Cancellation and Fare Refund) Rules 2015 and refund amount can be taken by submitting the ticket at the original PRS counter of the reservation counters.