Good news for railway passengers, this rule changed from April 1, those buying general tickets will get this facility from today.

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Passengers will be able to pay for general tickets through UPI.

You will get relief from long queues at the counter.

The ticket system will be more transparent.

New Delhi. The new financial year has started from April 1, 2024 and many changes are being made in the rules. Similarly, from April 1 this year, Railways has also brought such a rule regarding the payment of its general tickets, which is going to provide a lot of relief to crores of people traveling on general tickets in the country. Digital QR code has also been approved for payment of railway general tickets from April 1, through which you can also buy your general train ticket through UPI. This service has started at many railway stations of the country.

To provide relief to passengers from long crowd at railway stations and taking another step towards Digital India, Railways has decided that now the facility of online tickets will be available at unreserved ticket counters at railway stations also. This service will be started for the people from April 1, 2024.

The common man will benefit
In this new service of Railways, people will be able to make payment through QR code at the general ticket counter present at the railway station. In this, payment can be made through major UPI modes like Paytm, Google Pay and Phone Pay. This will provide relief from the long crowd at the ticket counter. Apart from this, the problem caused due to lack of change will also be removed.

The system will be transparent
Promotion of digital payment by Railways is going to provide a lot of relief to the people going to buy general tickets at the ticket counter. With this, the time spent by the employee present at the ticket counter in matching the cash will be saved. Apart from this, the irregularities in cash payment will also be reduced. People will get tickets in less time through digital payment, which will promote a completely transparent payment system.

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