Train Ticket Upgradation- Railways has a scheme which upgrades your normal ticket to a higher class. But not all passengers get its benefit. Know how and who gets its benefit? Every day, crores of people travel by train in the country. For whom thousands of trains are seen running on the tracks. Everyone wishes to get a comfortable and good seat during the train journey.

If the journey is very long then the quality of the seat and the environment around you also matters. That is why many people prefer to travel by booking tickets in AC coaches. So that the journey can be completed comfortably. But what if you get this facility without paying extra money. While booking tickets in Indian Railways, you get a facility in which your ticket can be upgraded for free. Many people are not aware of this.

Actually, there is a scheme of the railways which can upgrade your normal ticket to a higher class. But let us tell you that only passengers who book tickets online can avail this benefit. Let us tell you how you can avail the benefits of this scheme. When you book a ticket through IRCTC’s website or app, an option appears in it. It says, are you interested in free upgrade? If the passenger clicks on ‘yes’, then he can get a chance that his ticket will be upgraded.

Suppose you have booked a ticket in sleeper and there is an empty seat in the third AC coach of the same train. Then your ticket will be upgraded to third AC without any extra money. However, there is no guarantee whether your ticket will be upgraded or not.

This process is done by Indian Railways through an automatic system. After the chart is prepared, the railway decides on upgrading the ticket. When the chart of a train is prepared, the upgradation is done automatically by PRS i.e. Passenger Reservation System.