Multiple Choice Questions on Luggage – Indian Railways

For 1AC

• Free Allowance: 70 kg.
• Marginal Allowance: 15 kg extra
• Maximum in Compartment: 150 kg (including free allowance).

Passengers who have advance reservation, they can book their luggage maximum 24 hours in advance, excluding the date of scheduled departure of the train

A typical railway luggage ticket (or way-bill) has three foils (copies) in a numbered book, designed to be filled out using carbon paper, with one copy for the Record, one for the Passenger, and one for the Guard, enabling proper handling and delivery of the luggage

when traveling with a passenger luggage beyond the free allowance is charged, usually at 1.5 times the L Scale.

Carriage of charpoys.–

(1) Charpoys which are not in pieces will be carried only by passenger trains. Each
charpoy will be charged at 40 kg and the charge that will be levied will be as per ScaleL, Scale-R, Scale-P, and Scale S. No free allowance will be provided when a charpoy is
booked as luggage.
(2) If a charpoy which is not in pieces is found unbooked with a passenger in a
compartment, the following charges will be levied:
(a) If detected during the journey:
(i) For the distance it is carried without being detected: With the minimum
charge being INR 50, the charpoy will be charged at 6 times the rates
under Rule 517(1); and
(ii) For the distance it is carried after being detected till the destination
station, once the charpoy has been moved to the brakevan at the owner’s
responsibility: The charpoy will be charged as per the rates under Rule
517(1).
(a) If detected at the destination station: If the charpoy is found unbooked at the
destination, it will be charged at six times the rate shown under Rule 517 (1) for
the entire distance with the minimum charge being INR 50.

For a Second Class Season Ticket (MST) in Indian Railways, the free luggage allowance is generally 10 kgs and marginal allowance is 5 hg.

Statues in different stones may be allowed to be carried in the passenger compartment with the owner as personal luggage on payment of the usual charges for such carriage without any free allowance. The size of one such packed article should not exceed 26” × 15” × 12” and the weight should not exceed 50 kg.

In Indian Railways’ Second Sitting (2S) class, the free luggage allowance is 35 kg per passenger, with a maximum permissible limit of 70 kg. Unbooked or excess luggage beyond the maximum limit can attract heavy fines.

Luggage is defined in Section 2 (23) of the Railways Act, 1989, as “the goods of a passenger either carried by him in his charge or entrusted to a railway administration for carriage,”

When luggage is booked in the brake van on Indian Railways without declaring its value and paying the percentage charge (PCEV), the railway’s monetary liability for loss or damage is limited to ₹100 per kilogram (kg) of the lost or damaged luggage. ( As per Section 103 of Railway Act 1989) .

The minimum charge for booking luggage with Indian Railways, particularly excess luggage beyond the free allowance, is generally Rs. 30.00, with a minimum chargeable distance of 50 kilometers and a minimum chargeable weight of 10 kgs.

Free allowances (per Adult ) – 

• Metal Pass : 140 Kgs
• First Class A pass : 140 kgs
• Frst Class Pass : 70 kgs
• II/Sleeper Class Pass : 50 kgs
• Attendant : 50 gs