Now, your relatives can travel on your
confirmed ticket
Posted on: 23 Dec 2013
New Delhi: As per media reports, relatives of an individual
with a confirm ticket can travel in his or her stead....
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For further information regarding the regulation, here's a list
of all the provisions introduced by the Indian Railways:
Save as otherwise, a berth or a seat reserved in the name of a
person shall be used only by the person and shall not be
transferable to any other person.
Chief Reservation Supervisor of important stations are
authorized by Railway Administration to permit the change of
name of a passenger having a seat or berth reserved in his
name in the following circumstances namely:
(a) Where the passenger is a Government Servant, proceeding
on duty and appropriate authority, makes a request in writing
24 hours before the scheduled departure of trains
(b) Where the passenger makes a request in writing 24 hours
before the scheduled departure of the train that the reservation
made in his name may be transferred to another member of his
family, meaning, Father, Mother, Brother, Sister, Son,
Daughter, Husband and Wife.
(c) Where the passengers are students of a recognized
educational institution and the Head of the institution makes a
request in writing 48 hours before the scheduled departure of
the train, that the reservation made in the name of any student
be transferred to any other student of the same institute.
(d) Where the passengers are members of a marriage party and
any person deemed to be Head of such party makes a request
in writing 48 hours before the scheduled departure of the train
that the reservation made in the name of any member of the
marriage party be transferred to any other person.
(e) Where the passengers are a group of cadets of National
Cadet Corps and any officer who is the head of the group,
makes a request in writing at least 24 hours before the
departure of the train that the reservation made in the name of
any cadet be transferred to any other cadet.
Such request will be granted only once. Regarding item no. (c),
(d) and (e), such request for change in excess of 10% of the
total strength of group shall not be granted.
