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Can I board a train a station before?
Yes, you can provided that: You have purchased a ticket of the class you are boarding from the point of boarding till the station you were supposed to board. If you don’t purchase this ticket, the TTE may treat you as without ticket.
How many stations before I can board the train?
Rule #2: The rule of two stops The rule thus allows you to board the train from the next upcoming station, if that is feasible. Once the train has passed the upcoming stop (or the time line), the TTE is free to allocate the seat only to the next person on RAC list.
What if I miss the train from the boarding station?
In case you miss the train from your designated boarding station, the TTE cannot allocate your berth to anyone else until the train passes the next two stops or during the next one hour (whichever is earliest). The rule thus allows you to board the train from the next upcoming station, if that is feasible.
Can We board a train before the boarding point?
So basically it all depends on the route and availability of the seat. If the train route is short you should be able to board at station A. No we can not board before boarding point.
Can I board at any railway station from where I booked?
So if you want to board at the station A from where you have booked the ticket, There are 90\% chances that that seat has been reserved for somebody else who is travelling from A to B. So basically it all depends on the route and availability of the seat.
What is the difference between boarding and booking in railway tickets?
Suppose the train is going these stations A, B and C. You booked a ticket from A to C while your boarding is B. So if you want to board at the station A from where you have booked the ticket, There are 90\% chances that that seat has been reserved for somebody else who is travelling from A to B.
What is the boarding point in Indian railway reservation?
In Indian railway reservation, while reserving tickets, we can select a particular station as boarding point (we can chose a from, a to and an optional boarding point). The boarding point indicates that we are going to board the train from that station only even if we have a reservation from a previous station.