Terms & conditions for FTR Registration
  1. Online booking of FTR Train is allowed for journey starting from stations of all Railways. Chartered coach can be attached/detached only in those stations where the train stoppage is 10 minutes or more. The coaches cannot be attached in all trains.

  2. Booking period: FTR registration can be done maximum 6 months in advance and minimum 30 days prior to journey date.

  3. Permissible number of coaches:
    • Coach Booking: Depending on technical feasibility, party can book maximum 2 coaches on FTR in a single train.
    • Train Booking: Party can book maximum 24 coaches in FTR train including 2 SLR coaches/generator car (as the case may be) as mandatory. The minimum composition of FTR train will be 18 coaches.

  4. Security Deposit: Party will provide the booking type, journey details of coaches, and route and other details as in the online form along with the payment of registration cum security deposit of Rs. 50,000/- per coach. Even for booking of a train with less than 18 coaches, registration amount for 18 coaches is to be paid (i.e Rs. 9,00,000/-). Party will be provided with an automatically generated reference number after the payment is made. This reference number may be quoted for all future correspondences.

  5. Payment of Security Deposit:
    • Please note that you can make payment of security deposit within 6 days of FTR request initiation date.
    • If payment is deducted and FTR not generated, you are requested to wait till 7 days of FTR request initiation date. For example, if you requested FTR on 01-06-2018, you can make payment till 06-06-2018 and if payment is deducted and FTR number not generated, you are requested to wait till 07-06-2018 for FTR number generation.
    • In Case of NEFT/RTGS, part payment will not be eligible for FTR generation and such part payment will be refunded back to the account from which it was done. For example, if amount to be paid is Rs. 100000.00 and customer makes payment of Rs. 50000 and Rs. 50000 in 2 parts then, the FTR Number will not be generated and amount paid in parts will be refunded to the customer.
    • In case of excess amount paid, excess amount subtracting the requisite amount will be refunded back to the account from which it was done. For example, if FTR amount to be paid is Rs. 100017.70 and amount paid by customer is Rs. 100020.00 then excess amount of Rs 2.30 will be refunded after FTR generation. Please note that amount less than Rs. 1 will not be refunded. Therefore, you are requested to pay exact amount as quoted in challan.

  6. Payment done by Netbanking/Debit Card/Credit Card: For a FTR request if payment is deducted and FTR number not generated at real time, you are requested to wait till next working day for its settlement. In case, you did not wait and make payment again for the same FTR request and FTR number is generated then the previous settlement if received from bank will be refunded back to your account within 4-5 working days from which the payment was made.

  7. Payment of Fare: Payment as advised by IRCTC shall be paid in full before 7 working days in advance or before the date intimated by IRCTC whichever is earlier. All payments to IRCTC shall be made as online transaction only.

  8. Refund of Security deposit:
    • IRCTC will refund the security deposit, duly adjusting any undercharges as advised by Railways, provided party has submitted the filled up Train Folder and No Dues Certificate from Railways.
    • Submission of Folder: After completion of tour folder/receipt in original shall be deposited, along with original certified name list, No damage certificate etc in IRCTC office within 21 days of completion of journey. No folder submission will be entertained after 21 days and hence refund of RMSD cannot be processed.

  9. Cancellation:
    • 10% of the security deposit will be charged as cancellation charges if the requisition of special train/coaches is cancelled two days in advance before the scheduled day for journey or earlier.
    • 25% of the chargeable fare is charged as cancellation charges, if the cancellation is done one day advance( excluding the day of journey) upto 4 hours before of scheduled departure of the train.
    • 50% of the chargeable fare is charged as cancellation charges, if the cancellation is done within 4 hours of the schedule departure of the train or afterwards.
    • No charges will be levied in case the FTR request is found unfeasible/cancelled on IRCTC/Railway account. Full deposit will be refunded in such cases.

  10. Registration of coaches/trains does not guarantee allotment of coaches/trains. This will be subject to the operational feasibility and availability of coaches.

  11. All payments shall be paid in full 48 hours in advance of departure of train.

  12. The priority will be based on the time of receiving registration amount with IRCTC and subject to successful FTR number generation.