Train travel: No right to claim seat on lower berth between 10 pm and 6 am

Travelling by train? Know your rights.

A person booked on the upper berth will not have the right to claim any seat on the lower berth of a train between 10 pm and 6 am, the Railways has said.

In a communication it is said that sleeping accommodation between 2200 hours and 0600 hours and sitting accommodation for the rest of the period is provided for the passengers in the reserved coaches having sleeping accommodation.

On the side lower berths on which passengers have been booked under Reservation Against Cancellation (RAC), during the day time, sitting accommodation is also provided for those booked on the upper berth.

A person booked on side upper berth will not have any claim of seat on the lower berth between 2200 hours and 0600 hours.

Passengers are, however, requested to cooperate with sick, persons with disability and pregnant ladies in case they want to sleep beyond permissible time limits, the communication also states.

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