Train Luggage Rules: Passengers To Now Pay For Carrying Baggage Beyond Prescribed Free Allowance Limits | Check Details

Train Luggage Rules: Railway passengers will now need to pay extra for carrying luggage beyond the prescribed free allowance limits, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw made the statement while replying to queries from MP Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy, who asked whether the Railways was considering enforcing baggage regulations for train passengers similar to those followed at airports.

Train Luggage Rules

-A passenger travelling in Second Class is allowed to carry 35 kg of luggage free of cost and up to 70 kg on a chargeable basis. For Sleeper Class passengers, the free allowance is 40 kg with a maximum permissible limit of 80 kg.

-Passengers travelling in AC 3 Tier or Chair Car are permitted a free allowance of 40 kg, which is also the maximum limit.

-First Class and AC 2 Tier passengers are permitted to carry 50 kg of luggage free of cost and up to 100 kg as the maximum limit. AC First Class passengers can carry 70 kg free of cost and up to 150 kg on a chargeable basis.

"Passengers are allowed to book and carry excess luggage beyond free allowance with him/her in the compartment up to the maximum limit as per class as tabulated above on payment of charges at 1.5 times of luggage rate,” Vaishnaw said in a written reply in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

As per the minister, trunks, suitcases and boxes having outside measurements of 100 cmx60cmx25 cm (lengthxbreadthxheight) are allowed to be carried in the passenger compartments as personal luggage.

(With PTI Inputs)