Railways Act, 1989
50 Supply of tickets on payment of fare.
(1) Any person desirous of traveling on a railway shall, upon
payment of the fare, be supplied with a ticket by a railway servant or an agent
authorized in this behalf and such ticket shall contain the following
particulars, namely,
(i) this date, of issue;
(ii) the class of carriage;
(iii) the place from and. the place to which
it is issued; and
(iv) the amount of the fare.
(2) Every railway administration shall display the hours during
which booking windows at a station shall be kept open for the issue of tickets
to passengers.
(3) The particulars required to be specified on a ticket under
clauses (ii) and (iii) of sub-section (1) shall,-
(a) if it is for the lowest class of carriage,
be set forth in Hindi English and the regional language commonly in use at. the
place of issue of the ticket; and
(b) if it is for any other class of carriage,
be set forth in Hindi and English:
Provided that where it is not feasible to specify such
particulars in any such language due to mechanization or any other reason, the
Central Government may exempt such particulars being specified in that
language.