Trains are running late due to fog, know for how many hours delay is there a free meal.
Indian Railway Rules: Indian Railways is the fourth largest rail system in the world. More than 2.5 crore passengers travel by train in India every day. For which Indian Railways runs thousands of trains. In India, often when someone has to travel a long distance. Then most people prefer to travel by train. Train journey is very convenient and comfortable.
But now cold has knocked in India. There is very dense fog in many cities. Due to which the operation of railways has also been affected. Due to fog, Indian Railways has to cancel a train. So due to this many trains are also delayed. For how many hours is the train delayed. Then one should get free food from the railway, we will tell you.
Food is provided if the train is delayed by this many hours
If the train is delayed by Indian Railways, passengers get many facilities. In this, passengers are also provided free food facility. If the train is late, passengers can be kept in the waiting room for free. If the passengers are traveling by trains like Rajdhani Express and Shatabdi Express. And the Rajdhani or Shatabdi train is delayed by 3 hours or more.
So free food is arranged for these passengers. And if the train is delayed for some reason. Then the food stalls present at the railway station are opened for longer than the normal time. Apart from this, the railway deploys additional RPF personnel keeping in view the safety of the passengers.
Full refund will be given on cancellation of ticket
If your train is running late by more than 3 hours. Then in such a situation, if you cancel the train ticket, then you will be given a full refund by the railway. Even if the railway has diverted your train, you can still cancel the ticket. You are also given a full refund on this. If you have booked a ticket from the railway ticket counter, then you have to go to the railway counter and cancel your ticket. You can get a refund in cash from there. If you booked a ticket online, you can cancel the ticket online. You will be refunded through the same medium through which you booked your ticket.