The Ministry of Railways (MoR), on January 16, 2026, issued the Railway Passengers (Cancellation of Ticket and Refund of Fare) Amendment Rules, 2026, to further amend the Railway Passengers (Cancellation of Ticket and Refund of Fare) Rules, 2015.
The following has been stated, namely:-
• In rule 8, after sub-rule (7), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: – “Provided that in case of Vande Bharat Sleeper Express, no refund of fare shall be admissible on the tickets in case the ticket is not cancelled or TDR not filed online up to eight hours before the scheduled departure of the train.”
• After Rule 23, the following rules shall be inserted, namely:– “24. Application of other provisions for Vande Bharat Sleeper Express. – Except as otherwise provided in these rules, the provisions of rules 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22 and rule 23 shall be applicable as per status of the ticket whether confirmed ticket or wait-listed ticket, as the case may be.
25. Provisions for Amrit Bharat II Express. - The reserved ticket of Amrit Bharat II Express shall be governed by the rules as apply to the reserved ticket of Vande Bharat Sleeper Express:
Provided that the unreserved ticket of Amrit Bharat II Express shall be governed by the provisions of rule 5 of these rules.”.
[Notification No. G.S.R. 41(E)]
