About a year back,I alongwith my family visited Shirdi.On return I got my reservation done Ex Kopargaon to Nizamuddin with boarding at Manmad from Karnataka Exp Since I was having reservation Ex.Kopargaon,I thought that I may board itself at Kopargaon because I paid fare to Railway authority from KPG to NZM.
Soon after boarding at KPG,a gang of 03 or 04 ticket checkers came to me & told that I am not entitled to board this train from KPG and therefore I have to pay penalty of Rs.500/-per person+fare from KPG to MMR,considering all of us as 'WITHOUT TICKETS', but simultaneously they(the TCs)told me to pay atleast Rs.500/-as bribe to escape from the burden of huge amount.Afraid from them & since I...
more... was not having the good knowlege about the Railways,I paid Rs 500/-all TCs dropped at Manmad & we all were happy.
Now some questions still remain unanswered in my mind :
1) Were gang of TCs right in their action ?
2) If they were right then why Railway issued ticket me from KPR to NZM & collected the fare
from me.
3) As a lay man I can only say that Railway should have allowed me to board at KPR but birth entitlement should have been from the boarding point i,e MMR.
Pls remove my doubts if I am wrong in my interpretation in (3) above and advise me also for all my future 'HAPPY JOURNEY' with Railways.
Best Regards,
RAAJIV GARG
raajivgarg@yahoo.com