Indian Railways allows passengers to break journey once for two days for those travelling for more than 500 kilometres. IRCTC: Indian Railways’ break journey facility is allowed on long distance trains.
Indian Railways, which has a network of more than 1 lakh kilometres, allows its passengers to break journey once for two days for holders of journey tickets of more than 500 kilometres, according to information on http://www.indianrail.gov.in. The facility is allowed for passengers only after travelling 500 kilometres and for those travelling above 1,000 kilometres, they are allowed to break journey twice, according Indian Railway rules. The day of departure and arrival must be excluded while calculating the number of eligible days for first break of journey, the railway rules added.
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Here are key things to know about Indian Railways break journey:
Indian Railways’ break journey facility is allowed on long distance trains except for travellers on Rajdhani, Shatbadi and Jan Shatbadi express trains.
The intention for break journey is to be advised at the time of making the ticket booking and not after obtaining the reservation, as per the railway rules mentioned on its website http://www.indianrail.gov.in.
Passengers opting to break journey need their tickets to be endorsed and the endorsement shall consist of the station code, station master’s initials and the date.
Source: Indian Railways