New Delhi: Railways has made many changes in its rules in the last few years. Even if you do not have a reservation on the train or are traveling without a ticket, according to the law of Indian Railways, you can continue the journey under certain conditions. To travel under this, you must have a platform ticket to the respective station. If you have a platform ticket, then your journey will be considered legally valid as well. For this, you can continue the journey by paying an additional fine. Similarly, if a single woman is traveling without a ticket on the train, then TTE cannot take her out of the train. Along with this, if a woman is traveling alone on the train, then she can get her seat changed.
Why can’t TTE take off a single woman?
Before traveling on the train, you should have complete information about it. No railway staff can misbehave with you if you are aware of railway rules. There is also a rule of Indian Railways that if a woman is traveling alone on a train and she does not have a ticket, then TTE cannot take her down from the train. If the woman has the money, she can continue the journey by paying a fine. Even if the woman does not have money, she cannot be thrown out of the TTE compartment.
What does railway law say?
Leave the passenger about this law of the railway, even the staff of the railway does not know. Railways have made a law in the year 1989, according to which there can be a possibility of an untoward incident if a female passenger traveling alone is dropped off at any station. According to the safety of single women passengers, the railways had changed their rules at that time.
What does TTE do?
A TTE of Railways says about this, when any such case comes to us, we inform it in the zonal control room. The control room is told about the condition of the woman then, under what circumstances the woman is traveling. If we find the matter suspicious, then we give this information to the GRP and the GRP gives the responsibility to the female constable.
What other facilities do women have?
It is worth noting that even if a single woman is traveling in AC class on a sleeper class ticket, then the woman can be asked to go to the sleeper class. He cannot be treated unfairly in any way. According to the Railway Board, a single woman cannot be evicted from the train even if her name is on the waiting list in a reserved coach.
Overall, a single female passenger cannot be forced into the train. Similarly, let us tell you that under the rules of the Railways, if someone has a reservation ticket and he does not come to his seat till two stations, then TTE cannot allot his seat to another passenger. Till now, there was a provision of heavy fines for traveling without a ticket and a jail sentence for non-payment of fines. Now IRCTC has changed and implemented new rules.
