Western Railway is taking all efforts to carry passengers to their destination safely & conveniently and requisite arrangements are being made in this direction. It is pertinent to mention that recently temporary restrictions have been imposed on the sale of platform tickets at select major stations of Western Railway with immediate effect until 8th November, 2024. This step aims to manage crowding on platforms and ensure smooth passenger movement within station premises. Further in this direction, Western Railway has appealed to all passengers to follow the rules pertaining to carrying the maximum limit of free luggage permissible in their respective class of travel.
According to a press release issued by Shri Vineet Abhishek – Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, each passenger is allowed a Free Allowance up to which they can carry luggage with them in the compartment, free of cost. The Free Allowance varies for different classes of travel. If the luggage exceeds the marginal free allowance, penalty will be charged accordingly. It may be noted that Free Allowance is not admissible for articles such as scooters, cycles, etc or with consignments having maximum dimensions of 100 cm x 100 cm x 70 cm.
Shri Vineet further informed that due to the ongoing festive season, a substantial rise has been noticed in the booking of parcel consignments at parcel offices such as Bandra Terminus, Vapi, Valsad, Udhna & Surat. It was observed that the volume of parcels kept stacked on the platforms for loading in the trains causes inconvenience in passenger movement. Hence, considering the safety and security of passengers, instructions have been issued not to stack the parcel consignments on platforms for long duration before the schedule departure of the train. This has been implemented with immediate effect up to 08.11.2024.
Western Railway appeals all its valued passengers to avoid overcrowding at the stations and only the bonafide passengers to enter station premises as per the train timings and to carry luggage as per the permissible limits only.