{"id":1305891,"date":"2026-02-07T11:06:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1305891"},"modified":"2026-02-07T11:06:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:36:44","slug":"parliament-panel-asks-railways-to-refund-money-for-rac-passengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/parliament-panel-asks-railways-to-refund-money-for-rac-passengers\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament Panel Asks Railways To Refund Money For RAC Passengers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Now, the Ministry of Railways has to devise a mechanism for partially refunding ticket fares to RAC (Reservation Against Cancellation) passengers who are charged the full fare but do not get a full berth during travel, as per the suggestion by the parliamentary committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Parliamentary Panel Suggested Partial Refund for RAC Passengers <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said <\/p>\n\n\n\n

that charging full fare from RAC passengers without a berth facility is \u2018not justified\u2019 as mentioned in a report<\/a> titled \u2018Punctuality and Travel Time in Train Operations in Indian Railways\u2019, tabled in Parliament on February 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving ahead, the statement notes, \u201cThe Committee also feel that charging of full fare for tickets under RAC and where the ticket holder continues in RAC category after Chart Preparation without berth facility is not justified and, therefore, desire that the Ministry should devise a mechanism to refund partial fare to the customer\/traveler who could not get full berth but had to pay full charges at the time of boarding.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presently, no refund of fare is admissible on RAC e-tickets if the ticket is not cancelled or a TDR is not filed online up to 30 minutes before the scheduled departure of the train, according to IRCTC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further adding, \u201cIn case, on a party e-ticket or a family e-ticket issued for travel of more than one passenger, some passengers have confirmed reservation and others are on RAC or waiting list, full refund of fare, less clerkage, shall be admissible for confirmed passengers also subject to the condition that the ticket shall be cancelled online or online TDR shall be filed for all the passengers up to thirty minutes before the scheduled departure of the train.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Revised RAC Rules<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to this, the national transporter revised the rules for RAC ticket holders at the start of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per this latest upgrade, they have fully restricted the boarding for RAC passengers on 13 trains, including the Howrah\u2013Kamakhya\u2013Howrah Vande Bharat Sleeper Express. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s take a look at the full list of 12 trains where RAC ticket holders are not permitted to travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n