What is the fine for extra luggage in a train?
Excess booked in advance costs 1.5 times the luggage rate. The same excess found unbooked costs six times.
The rule
The free allowance is 70 kg in AC First, 50 kg in AC 2-Tier, 40 kg in AC 3-Tier and Sleeper, and 35 kg in Second Sitting, per passenger. The penalty for not declaring is four times the honest price.
Other rules at this stage
Most on-the-spot fines are collected before you ever reach a coach.
A platform ticket is not a travel ticket
A platform ticket lets you see someone off. Boarding on one makes you a ticketless traveller.
₹500, plus the fare
No smoking anywhere on the railway
Smoking on a train or anywhere on railway premises now carries a ₹2,000 fine.
₹2,000
Never carry inflammable or dangerous goods
Gas cylinders, petrol, fireworks, acids and similar goods carry a minimum ₹10,000 fine and can mean imprisonment.
₹10,000, up to 6 months in prison
Unauthorised selling and begging
Hawking or begging on a train or platform carries ₹2,000, and ₹5,000 if repeated.
₹2,000, ₹5,000 if repeated
Questions
What is the fine for extra luggage in a train?
Excess booked in advance costs 1.5 times the luggage rate. The same excess found unbooked costs six times. The free allowance is 70 kg in AC First, 50 kg in AC 2-Tier, 40 kg in AC 3-Tier and Sleeper, and 35 kg in Second Sitting, per passenger. The penalty for not declaring is four times the honest price.
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