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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-17012026-269409
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 41]
NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2026/PAUSHA 26, 1947
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(Railway Board)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 16th January, 2026
G.S.R. 41(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (b) of sub-section (2)
of section 60 of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, further
to amend the Railway Passengers (Cancellation of Ticket and Refund of Fare) Rules, 2015, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Railway Passengers (Cancellation of Ticket and Refund of Fare) Amendment
Rules, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force with effect from 16th day of January, 2026.
2. In the Railway Passengers (Cancellation of Ticket and Refund of Fare) Rules, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as the said
rules), in rule 6, after sub-rule (3), the following sub-rules shall be inserted, namely: –
"(4) In the case of Vande Bharat Sleeper Express, if a confirmed ticket is presented by the passenger or his
representative for cancellation, the refund of fare shall be made after deducting cancellation charges from the fare
as follows:-
(a) if the ticket is presented for cancellation more than seventy-two hours in advance of the scheduled
departure of the train, the cancellation charge shall be twenty five per cent. of the fare.
(b) if the ticket is presented for cancellation between seventy-two hours and upto eight hours before the
scheduled departure of the train, the cancellation charge shall be fifty per cent. of the fare.
(c) if the ticket is presented for cancellation in less than eight hours of the scheduled departure of the
train, no refund shall be granted.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, wherever cancellation charges have been mentioned, the
cancellation charges mentioned in sub-rule (4) shall be applicable in the case of Vande Bharat Sleeper Express
tickets.".
3. In the said rules, in rule 8, after sub-rule (7), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:
"Provided that in case of Vande Bharat Sleeper Express, no refund of fare shall be admissible on the
tickets in case the ticket is not cancelled or TDR not filed online upto eight hours before the scheduled
departure of the train.".
4. In the said rules, in rule 11, -
(a) in sub-rule (1), in clause (i), for the words "forty-eight hours", the words "seventy-two hours in case of
Vande Bharat Sleeper Express and Amrit Bharat II Express or forty-eight hours in case of other trains,
as the case may be" shall be substituted.
(b) in sub-rule (2), in clause (i), for the words "forty-eight hours", the words “seventy-two hours in case of
Vande Bharat Sleeper Express and Amrit Bharat II Express or forty-eight hours in case of other trains,
as the case may be" shall be substituted.
5. In the said rules, after rule 23, the following rules shall be inserted, namely:-
"24. Application of other provisions for Vande Bharat Sleeper Express. – Except as otherwise provided in these
rules, the provisions of rules 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22 and rule 23 shall be
applicable as per status of the ticket whether confirmed ticket or wait-listed ticket, as the case may be.
25. Provisions for Amrit Bharat II Express. - The reserved ticket of Amrit Bharat II Express shall be governed
by the rules as are applicable to the reserved ticket of Vande Bharat Sleeper Express:
Provided that the unreserved ticket of Amrit Bharat II Express shall be governed by the provisions of
rule 5 of these rules.".
[F. No. TC-II/2003/2025/Refund rule (Part 3)]
SHIVENDRA SHUKLA, Executive Director (Passenger Marketing)
Note: - The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i),
vide notification number G.S.R. 836(E) dated the 4th November, 2015.
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