Types of Tickets

Types of Tickets: -

There are two types of tickets A) Journey Tickets B) Non Journey Tickets

A) Journey Tickets

1. Printed Card Tickets

a. Adult Single Journey Ticket (Local)

b. Adult Single Journey Ticket (Foreign)

d. Adult Return Journey Ticket (Foreign)

e. Child Single Journey Ticket (Local)

f. Child Single Journey Ticket (Foreign)

g. Child Return Journey Ticket (Local)

h. Child Return Journey Ticket (Foreign)

2. Paper Tickets

a. Blank paper Ticket

b. Excess fare Ticket

c. Excess Fare Receipt.

d. Special Coach / Train Ticket.

e. Soldier Ticket.

f. High Official Requisition.

g. MP Identity card.

3. Special Type of Ticket

a. Season ticket

b. Circular Journey Ticket

c. Indrail Pass

d. Check Soldier Ticket

e. Journey cum Reservation Ticket

f. Self-Printed Machine Ticket

g. Produce Vendor Ticket

h. Return Journey Ticket

i. Tourist Coupon Ticket

j. Market Vendor Ticket

k. Journey Extension Ticket

l. Tourist Ticket on Mumbai Suburban Area.

B) Non Journey Ticket

a. Platform Ticket

b. Platform Permit

c. Retiring Room Ticket

d. Cloak Room Ticket

e. Lockers Ticket

f. Supplementary Surcharge Ticket

g. Luggage Ticket

h. Market Supply Ticket

i. Bed Roll Ticket

A) Journey Tickets

1)Printed Card Ticket- Details as Name of Zonal Railway, Source station,Destination station, via, 

istance in kilometers, Class, fare, ticket number etc. are printed on this ticket. The date of issue is 

either punched by the date punching machine or is written manually. Above information is printed in 

Hindi and English.The series of Printed Card Tickets begins from 00000 and ends on 99999. After

1,00,000 tickets are issued the series begins with alphabet ‘A’00000 to ‘A’ 99999 and so on. The 

ticket numbers are always in 5 digits.

There are 8 types of Printed Card Ticket.

I. Local Traffic Adult Single Journey Ticket

II. Local Traffic Child Single Journey Ticket

III. Foreign Traffic Adult Single Journey Ticket

IV. Foreign Traffic Child Single Journey Ticket

V. Local Traffic Adult Return Journey Ticket

VI. Local Traffic Child Return Journey Ticket

VII. Foreign Traffic Adult Return Journey Ticket

VIII. Foreign Traffic Child Return Journey Ticket

2) Paper Ticket:-

a. Blank Paper Ticket :- (IRCM Vol - I Para No. 210)

It is in the form of book. Each page is numbered by machine and there are

3 foils for each number namely 

1. Account, 

2.Passenger, 

3.Record.

All the details will be filled in manually as Journey starting station,

Destination, Class, Distance, Fare etc. It is prepared with the help of double

sided carbon. This is issued in exchange of Police Warrant or Concessions.

b. Excess Fare Ticket (EFT) : IRCM V - I Para No. 212 When printed card tickets are not available 

or they are exhausted, then Excess fare Ticket is issued. It is in book pattern. Each page has a printed

number and each number has 3 foils.

1. Accounts

2. Passenger

3. Record.

All journey details are written manually by booking clerk such as Journey starting stn, Destination 

stn, Class, Distance in Kms, Fare, Via etc,. This ticket is issued as per following method. Printed card 

ticket of the farthest destination available on that route will be issued & for the remaining journey 

EFT will be issued as extension. All the details of PCT will be written on EFT.It is prepared with the 

help of double side carbon. At the end of the month, all the accounts foils will be sent to Traffic

Accounts Office with a statement along with the Balance Sheet.

c. Excess Fare Receipt (EFR):-

When the Excess Fare Ticket book is used by ticket checking staff it is called EFR. It is used for the following purpose by ticket checking staff:

1. Passenger detected without ticket.

2. To charge unbooked luggage along with the passenger.

3. For journey extension purpose.

4. To collect difference of fare between lower class & upper class.

d. Ticket for Reserved Coach / Reserved Train:

1. When a coach or train is booked by the party, then this ticket will be issued.

2. This is in book pattern.

3. Number is printed on each page of the book and each number has 3 foils.

a. Account.

b. Passenger.

c. Record.

3. It will be prepared manually and all journey particulars such as Journey  Starting station, 

station, Distance, Class, Fare, Via etc. are written on it.

4. It can be issued after obtaining permission from CPTM about Coach / Train

booking.

5. After issuing ticket, acknowledgement of Group leader will be taken on the

record foil.

6. It is prepared with the help of double sided carbon.

e. Soldier Ticket:-

1. When soldiers travel in group or with family then, IAFT 1707 warrant is

issued by Defence Ministry for travelling purpose.

2. Ticket issued against this warrant is called as Soldier Ticket. It is in book

pattern.

3. Number is printed on each page of the book and each number has 3 foils.

a. Record

b. Guard

c. Passenger

4. All details of journey such as Journey Starting station, Destination station, Distance, Class, Fare, 

arrant no. etc. are filled as per column. Similarly ticket no., issuing date, fare, class etc. are written on 

the ticket duly stamped and signed by the Booking Clerk.

5. Fare will not be collected is cash from passenger.

6. Warrant will be collected and sent to Cash office as Cash Voucher.

7. Total fare is to be debited to defence ministry.

8. If detected traveling with un-exchanged warrant, then he will be charged as

under.

a. If travelling with Guard certificate, then free EFR will be issued.

b. If found without GC then he will be treated as without ticket passenger and charged up to the point 

of detection and for onward journey free EFR will be issued.

f. Higher Official Requisition : -IRCA Coaching Tariff No. 26 Part - I Vol - I Rule No. 404 Annex - F

i. President, Vice-President, Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Union

Ministers (Cabinet/State), Chief of Army/Navy / Air-Force, Speaker of

LokSabha, Speaker of RajyaSabha, Chief Justice etc. were enlisted

as High Officials.

ii. The List and accommodation entitled is mentioned in Coaching Tariff No.26.

iii. President, Vice-President and Prime Minister can book full Train and others

HORs can book seats, berths, or coupe as per their entitlement.

iv. The HOR is to be presented in the Booking Office to purchase ticket in lieuof  HOR. It has two 

parts. The Booking Clerk will write the details on both the parts and sign it. Fare will not be 

collected 

in cash, full amount will be debited to the concerned department and the Railway part is submitted to

the Accounts Office as Cash Voucher and another part is to be handed over to the passengers along 

with the ticket.

v. If found travelling with un-exchanged HOR free EFR will be issued. Both

the parts of HOR should be collected and submitted to Traffic Accounts

Office.

g. MP Identity Card - Rail Pass :I/card are issued by the secretary of Parliament to the MP. This 

/Card 

are green for LokSabha Member and red coloured for RajyaSabha Member. One book of 25 slips is 

issued which has printed numbers. 

There are two parts of each number: 

1. Record 

2. Railway

The member has to fill the particulars of the journey in his slip. The railwayportion has to be handed 

over to TC at the destination station. This will be entered in a special register and will be sent to 

Account Office with all other collected tickets.

Facilities Provided to MP;

1. On the basis of Identity card, MP can travel with spouse over IR in AC Ist

class from any station to any station.

2. One attendant can travel free in AC II.

3. If the MP is not travelling with spouse, then he is allowed to take one

companion in AC I class. Attendant will travel in AC II class.

4. If the MP is blind or handicapped, he is permitted to take one companion

with him in AC I class.

5. During Parliament session, for the spouse of MP, from his native place to

NDLS and back or from his native place to nearest airport and back

complimentary pass is issued.

6. MP can get reservation on phone but he should submit his reservation form

within 24 hours.

7. Seats / Berths for MP can be arranged from VIP quota.

8. If the MP is halting at station in connection with Consultative Committee

meeting then he can avail retiring room facility free. If he is halting at station

due to some other reason 50% charges are collected.

3. Special Types of Tickets.

a) Season Ticket :IRCA Coaching Tariff No 26 Part-I Vol-I Rule No 242.1

1. I class and II class, Monthly, Quarterly, Half yearly and Annuallyseason

tickets are issued on Suburban and Non-suburban section.

2. On suburban section, the season tickets are issued upto the limit of

suburban section.

3. On Non-suburban section the season tickets are issued upto 150 Kms.

Exception CSTM - Pune, CSTM - Manmad, Mumbai - Nasik Road etc.

4. For Monthly Season Ticket, Base fare is given in fare table.

5. For Quarterly Season Ticket, 2.7 times of Monthly Season Ticket base fare

will be charged.

6. For HST- Half yearly Season Ticket, 5.4 times of Monthly Season Ticket

base fare will be charged.

7. For YST-Yearly Season Ticket, 10.8 times of Monthly Season Ticket base

fare will be charged.

8. The columns given in season tickets will be filled by booking clerk duly

signed and stamped. Information on season ticket is as follows - Passenger

Name, Age, Sex, Identity card number, Date of issue, Valid up to, Between

Stations, Class etc.

9. The cost of Identity card is one rupee. It is issued by booking office. It is

valid for 7 years.

10. Information on Identity card is as follows - Passenger Name, Age, Sex and

Date of issue etc.

11. Identity card is mandatory with season ticket during journey; otherwise he will

be treated as without ticket.

12. In absence of Identity card, Pan Card / Voting Card / Driving license or any

other numbered Identity card issued by Govt. office will be accepted.

13. 50% concession on season ticket fare is given to students only in MST andQST The age limit is s 

under:-

a. General categories students - Upto 25 years age.

b. SC/ST categories students - Upto 27 years age.

c. Research categories students - Upto 35 year age.

14. Free Allowance and Marginal Allowance for luggage

Class Free Allowance Marginal Allowance

a. First 15 Kg 5 Kg

b. Second 10 Kg 5 Kg

15. Reservation for berths will not be given to the season ticket holders. Journey

by restricted trains is not permitted.

16. They are not to be permitted to travel by such trains which are not halting at

their Starting and Destination station.

17. If season ticket holder wants to travel by super-fast train he can do the

same after paying supplementary charges as per class.

18. If he wants to travel frequently by super-fast train then he will be issued

Monthly / Quarterly supplementary ticket.

19. Monthly supplementary charges are as follows:

Class MST

Second 15x15= 225

First 45x15= 675

20. Season ticket holders are allowed to travel without paying supplementarycharges in Superfast 

trains which run upto 325 Kms or less.

21. Renewal of Season ticket can be done 10 days before the expiry date.

22. Rounding off of fare for season ticket will be in next 5 rupees.

23. After issue, season ticket cannot be cancelled.

24. IInd class season ticket holders are not permitted to travel in sleeper

class.

25. Ist class MST / QSTholders are not entitled to travel in AC Chair/ACthree tier.

Millennium Gift:

IRCA Coaching Tariff No. 26, P – I, V – I, Rule No. 242.2

Free IInd class Season ticket will be issued to male studentsupto 12th standard

and female student’s upto graduation, on production of bonafidecertificate issued

from School / College.Graduation includes B.A., B.Com. B.Sc.(Excluding

Technical and Professional Education such as B.E., LLB), (Graduation period

should not be more than four years.)

IzzatPass:

1. Under this scheme passes will be issued at a uniform price of Rs 25/- per

month, inclusive of all surcharges.

2. This pass will be issued to persons working in unorganised sector with

monthly income not exceeding Rs 1500/-.

3. This pass will be issued upto a maximum distance of 150 kms.

4. Income certificate can be issued by following –

a. District Magistrate.

b. Sitting MP’s of Lok Sabha for persons of their Constituency.

c. DRM on recommendation of Union Ministers / Sitting MP’s of Rajya

Sabha for persons of their Constituency.

d. DRM under exceptional circumstances.

e. BPL Card or any other certificate issued by Govt.

5. SM will issue the pass on collection of photocopy of the income certificate.

Original certificate should be checked at the time of issue.

6. Izzat pass is issued for IInd ordinary class.

b) Circular Journey Ticket:Generally tickets are issued by normal route. Normal routes are as under :

1. Shortest route.

2. Distance of longer route does not exceed shortest route by more than15%.

3. Direct train is available by longer route.When passenger demands for ticket by a route other than 

the above routes,they are called circular journey tickets.

Circular journey tickets are of two types:

Standard Circular Journey Ticket -

1. Various tour programmes are prepared by Railway Administration, detailedinformation of which is published in Time tables.

2. Each tour programme is given a number.

3. Ticket can be obtained from Booking office by mentioning the number of tour

programme in the application.

Non-standard circular journey ticket – When circular ticket is issued as per proposed programme of passenger subject to fulfilment of all rules, it is known as Non Standard Circular journey ticket.

Procedure of fare calculation:-

1. First distance of entire Journey will be calculated on point-to-point basis.Then fare for half of 

above distance will be calculated and two times of that fare will be collected from passenger.

2. Reservation charges will be collected separately for each leg of journey.

3. Development charges will be collected twice and supplementary charges once

for entire journey.

Calculation of Validity of ticket-

1. For every 400 Kms or part thereof, treating one day as journey period total

days of journey will be calculated.

2. For every 200 Kms or part thereof, treating one day as break journey period,

days of break journey will be calculated.

3. Both will be added to arrive at validity period.

4. Break Journey rules are not applicable on this ticket, but maximum 8 break

journeys are permitted for entire journey

5. These tickets are issued only from nominated stations. The list of such

stations is published in the Time table.

6. For issue of this ticket from other stations, permission should be obtained

from Divisional headquarter.

7. Passenger should mention the names of break journey stations in the

application.

Notea.

Concession is granted to Senior citizens only, but minimum distance should

be 1000kms.

b. Repetition of stations is permitted.

c) Indrail Pass :

This is a special type of ticket which is issued to following passengers :-

a. Foreign Tourists.

b. Non Residential Indians.

c. Indian spouse along with foreign tourist.

d. Indian guides with foreign tourists.

1. This ticket will be issued only when the fare is paid in American dollars,Euro, or British Pounds, 

but on presenting Exchange certificate from RBI, itcan be issued in Indian currency as well.

2. This ticket is issued from important stations only. eg. Mumbai, Kolkata, NewDelhi, Chennai, 

Jaipur, Agra, Bengaluru, Pune, Aurangabad, Ahemdabad,Hyderabad etc.

3. Passenger should present valid Passport and Visa at the time of purchasing ticket.

4. Particulars of passport, age, sex, duration, date of commencing journey, fare, and class etc. 

information are mentioned on the ticket.

5. This ticket is issued for various durations – Half day, 1, 2, 4, 7, 15, 21, 30,

60 and 90 days.

6. Validity of the ticket will be 360 days. Journey can be commenced any time

within 360 days.

7. Date of commencement of journey should be written in the specified column.

8. Validity of the ticket will begin from the date of commencement of the journey and will remain 

valid for the duration for which it has been issued.

9. Indrail pass Holder can travel from any station to any station on Indian

Railways.

10. Break journey rules are not applicable to Indrail Pass holders.

11. Supplementary, Reservation charges and Development surcharge will not be

collected from the passenger.

12. Refund on unused passes will be given in Indian currency.

13. No refund will be granted on partially used passes.

14. Divisional Commercial Manager or Chief Commercial Manager can extend the

validity of the passes.

15. The colour of pass will be as under according to the class -

a. AC First Class - Blue

b. First Class - Green

c. Second Class - Orange

16. First class Indrail pass holders are permitted to travel in AC-II Tier, AC-III Tier and AC Chair 

Car. Second class Indrail pass holders are permitted to travel in Sleeper class.

d) Check Soldier Ticket:

1. When soldiers are travelling alone, military warrant IAFT 1752 is issued to them by Defence 

Department.

2. This warrant is issued for first and second class, for single and returnjourney.

3. This warrant has two portions, the upper portion is for Railways and the lower portion is for 

passenger. When submitted in booking office, the ticket which is issued in lieu of this warrant is 

known as Check Soldier Ticket.

4. It is a printed card ticket with only the name of starting station printed on it.

5. Particulars of the journey are written on the ticket – destination station,distance, class, fare, warrant number etc.

6. Similarly on the warrant, ticket number, date of issue, fare, class, etc.particulars are written and 

signed by the booking clerk.

7. Fare is not collected in cash from the passenger.

8. Warrant will be collected and sent to cash office as cash voucher.

9. Amount will be debited on the name of Defence Ministry.

10. If found travelling without exchanging this warrant, soldier will be charged as

undera. If detected with Guard Certificate, free EFR will be issued.

b. If detected without Guard Certificate, he will be charged as without ticket till point of detection. Free EFR will be issued for onward journey.

e) Journey-cum-Reservation ticket: Instead of issuing separate tickets for journey and reservation, a single ticket is issued for both, which is known as Journey-cum-Reservation ticket. All details regarding journey and reservation are printed on this ticket. Fare printed on this ticket is inclusive of reservation fee.

l) Journey Extension Ticket: This ticket is issued on Mumbai suburban section for extension of 

journey on MST or return journey ticket. This is a paper ticket with names of stations of suburban 

section in codes printed on it. Number of season ticket or return journey ticket, date and time are 

written on this ticket and the stations between which the journey is extended are marked.

m) Tourist Ticket on Mumbai Suburban section -

1. This service has been started from 01-05-2007.

2. Tickets are issued for periods of 1, 3 and 5 days.

3. These tickets are issued for Ist and IInd class.

4. These tickets can be issued 3 days in advance.

5. On this ticket, tourists can travel from any station to any station on suburban

section of CR & WR.

6. During the validity period of ticket, passengers can travel any number of

times.

7. No concession is granted.

8. The validity period cannot be extended.

9. Fare is rounded off to next 5 rupees.

10. If tickets issued in advance are cancelled upto one day in advance, refund will be granted as per 

rule No. 213.5.

11. These tickets will be valid upto midnight of the last date of expiring.

B) Non Journey Tickets

a. Platform Ticket :IRCA Coaching Tariff No. 26 P-I V-I Rule No. 120.1

1. Value of Platform Ticket is Rs. 10/- for adults as well as children.

2. It is valid upto 2 hours.

3. Refund will not be granted in any circumstance.

4. Platform ticket holders are not allowed to enter coaches & waiting rooms.

5. Stations where Platform tickets are not sold, people can enter the station with the permission of 

Station Master.

6. Officers or MCO provided with instructions for the reception or despatch of a party of military 

personnel by rail may be allowed without Platform ticket.

These charges are collected only once for entire journey. Supplementary charges are not collected 

from the following passengers:-

1. Railway free pass holders.

2. P.T.O. ticket holders.

3. Indrail pass holders.

4. Members of Parliament.

g. Luggage Ticket :-

1. Luggage ticket is issued when passenger books luggage with him or in brake

van.

2. This ticket is in the form of a numbered book, with three foils of each page 

a.Record b. Passenger c. Guard

3. Name of Passenger, Address, Name of forwarding and destination station,train no., date, ticket no., no. of packages, weight, class, free allowance,chargeable weight, charges etc. particulars are written on this ticket.

4. The passenger foil is handed over to the passenger, which has to besurrendered at destination to effect delivery of the luggage.

5. If luggage is carried in Brake van, the guard foil is handed over to Guard.Rail Travel Coupons for 

M.L.A / M.L.C.( R.T.C.)IRCA CT No. 26, Part - I, Vol - I. Rule No. 246 to 260

1. On demand from Secretary of State Legislative Assembly / Council, coupon books are supplied by 

Railway Administration.

2. These coupon books are issued to members of State Legislative Assembly /Council by secretary.

3. While issuing the book name of member, age, sex, constituency, etc.particulars are written on the 

front page and the member has to sign there.

4. Coupons of different denominations are available in this book, in exchange ofwhich tickets are 

issued on demand.

5. Member is permitted to take wife / husband, minor children and onecompanion with him.

6. Members can travel in all trains including Rajdhani and Shatabdi.

7. Two books are issued for each member :-

a. To travel within the state,

b. To travel outside the state or for family members.

Procedure for purchasing ticket:Coupon book is presented to the booking clerk. In case of any doubt,

member’s signature should be obtained on a blank paper, and should be tallied with signature on the 

book. Booking clerk will remove the required number of coupons and will issue ticket . RTC will be 

written on the ticket, and the coupons will be collected and sent to Account’s office at the end of the 

month.These coupons are accepted in lieu of fare, supplementary charges,reservation fees, journey 

extension and difference of fare in case of upgrading tickets to higher class. Loose coupons will not 

be accepted, however by mistake if extra coupons are detached by booking clerk, he should pass 

suitable remark and sign. Such coupons can be accepted. No cash refund is granted on tickets issued 

in exchange of RTC.  Ticket Deposit Receipt (TDR) will be issued. While purchasing ticket and 

during travel, member should be in possession of identity card. If the member is found travelling with

un-exchangedcoupons, he will be treated as without ticket and charged accordingly. Validity of the 

coupon book will be 3 years. If unused coupons are returned within one month of expiry of validity

period, refund will be granted by CCM (Refund) after deducting 10% cancellation charges. Police 

Warrant: - This warrant is issued to police personnel (excluding RPF personnel) while travelling on duty.

Jail Requisition:- This is issued by Jail superintendent to prisoners and police personnel, when 

prisoners are shifted from one jail to another or from jail to court. Procedure for purchasing 

ticket:This warrant / Requisition are in two portions. On presenting both the portions in Booking 

office, ticket will be issued. Ticket no., class, number of passengers, fare, date, etc. particulars are 

written on both portions of the warrant / Requisition. Booking Clerk will sign and affix Station stamp 

on it. Fare will not be collected in cash. One portion of warrant / Requisition & ticket will be given to

Passenger. Second portion will be sent to Accounts office as cash voucher. If detected travelling with 

un-exchanged warrant / Requisition, he will be treated as without ticket and charged accordingly. 

Detention of passengers’ en-route by police: During journey, if any passenger is detained by Railway 

police at any station en-route to attend an enquiry or to give evidence in any case connected with 

Railways, then on the basis of certificate issued by police, Station Master will endorse the same ticket 

for onward journey. Original certificate will be sent to Traffic Accounts office. Detention of 

passenger’s en-route by Doctor: - If any passenger gets sick during journey and he informs the TTE / 

Conductor / Guard, the concerned employee will issue a message for doctor to forthcoming station. 

After examination if it is suspected that the passenger is suffering from contagious disease, or 

treatment is essential, he will be de-trained at that station. After completion of treatment a certificate 

will be issued by the doctor, on the basis of which Station Master will endorse the same ticket for 

onward journey. Original certificate will be sent to Traffic Accounts office. Tickets left behind -

IRCM V- I. Rule 320.

1. When reserved ticket of any passenger is left behind, and passenger commences his journey 

without ticket, a message is issued by Station Master to prevent the passenger from being penalised.

2. This message is issued free of charge by SM of starting Station.

3. This message will be addressed to the SM of destination station and copies will be sent to en-route 

stations as-well.

4. On receiving this message, a free EFR will be issued to the passenger upto his destination station.

5. SM / Booking Clerk of the station, where the ticket is left behind will cancelthe original ticket and 

submit the same along with his report to Traffic Accounts Office.