Break Journey:- Holders of single journey tickets for a
distance of more than 500 Km.(actual distance)are allowed to break Journey at
any station enroute. The first break of journey shall not however be made
until a distance of 500 Kms has been traveled from the starting station. Only
one break journey will be permitted on tickets upto 1000 Kms of distances and
maximum two break journey will be allowed on tickets of longer distances. The
period break journey that can availed at a station will be upto a maximum of 2
days only excluding the day of arrival and the day of departure. However break
journey on single journey tickets over suburban section of Indian Railway will
not be permitted. For all return tickets each half of the tickets is treated
as a single journey ticket but the return journey must be completed within the
period for which the tickets is available.
Examples:-
(i) Passenger with single journey ticket for 800 Km
wants to break his journey at 423 Kms not permissible.
(ii) A passenger with single journey tickets for 600
Kms want to break his journey at 501 kms. Permitted for 2 days.
(iii) A passenger with single journey ticket for 1050
kms want to break his journey at 400 kms and 801 kms . only one break
journey at 801 kms is permitted for 2 days maximum.
(iv) A passenger with single journey tickets for 2000
kms want to break journey at 800 kms 905 kms and 1505 kms. Two break
journeys permitted as per choice of passenger at the rate of 2 days
maximum at each point of break of journey.
Whenever a through passenger detrains at station enroute
for catching a connecting train, it should not be treated as break journey
provided such a halt is for less than 24 hrs. For
example, the holder of a direct ticket from Jaisalmer to Howrah via Jodhpur
travelling from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur by any day train a day earlier in order
to catch Jodhpur -Howrah Superfast Exp. in evening at 17.15 hrs. shall not be
treated as a break of journey.
Note:-
(i) Break of journey is not permissible on the tickets of
certain trains like Rajdhani Express, Shatabdi Express, etc. which have a
separate all inclusive fare structure on point-to-point basis, and,
therefore, refund on such partially used tickets is also not admissible.
(ii) Passengers are required to have their tickets
endorsed while breaking and recommencing journey. The endorsement shall
consist of the station code, Station Master’s Initials and the date.
(iii) Break journey shall not be permitted short of the
station upto which reservation has been done. If a passenger seeking
reservation on through tickets asks for break journey enroute it should be
clearly indicated on the requisition form the names of the station where the
break journey is requested, Reservation in this case will be done upto break
journey station only.
(iv) Passengers breaking the journey enroute except as
given above must surrender their tickets at the station where journey is
broken. Refund for the un traveled portion on such tickets will be allowed
only in special circumstances provided the tickets is surrendered within 24
hrs. of the arrival of the train at the station where journey is terminated
and an application for refund is made to CCM(Refund) of the TDR issuing
Railway along with TDR within 90 days from the schedule date of journey.
Refund on such partially used tickets is not admissible at the station.
