Rules for Luggage

Each passenger is allowed a free allowance up to which he can carry luggage with him in the compartment, free of cost. The free allowance varies for different classes of travel. Children aged 5 and below 12 years are allowed half of the free allowance subject to the maximum of 50 Kgs. You are also permitted a marginal allowance. there is a maximum ceiling on the luggage which can be carried inside the compartment for each class. These are indicated in the table below : -

 

Class	Free allowance	Marginal allowance	Maximum quantity permitted  (including free allowance)
AC First Class	70 Kgs	15 Kgs	150 Kgs
AC 2-Tier sleeper/First class	50 Kgs	10 Kgs	100 Kgs.
AC 3-tier sleeper/AC chair car	40 Kgs	10 Kgs	40 Kgs.
Sleeper class	40 Kgs	10 Kgs	80 Kgs.
Second class	35 Kgs	10 Kgs	70 Kgs.

If your luggage marginally exceeds the free allowance, you will be charged at the normal luggage rates applicable to your class of travel. Make sure to book your excess luggage in the luggage office, pay the prescribed charges and get your tickets endorsed by cross-referencing the luggage ticket details, before commencing your journey. Free allowance is not admissible for articles such as scooters, cycles etc.

Rules for carrying Pets, Dogs, Horses, other live animals and Birds:-

Risk:-

(1) Under section 77-A of the Indian Railway Act, the liability of Railways as carriers of animals is limited as specified below, unless the sender elects to pay the percentage charge on value as shown in the Rule 1301:- Per Head Elephants Rs.1500/- Horses Rs.750/- Mules, Camels or Horned Cattle Rs.200/- Donkeys, Sheep, Goats, Dogs and other animals or Birds Rs.30/-.

(2) The sender or his authorized agent is required to declare the value of each animal on the Forwarding Note when the value of an animal exceeds the amount specified above. The sender or his authorized agent must also record in the Forwarding Note whether he engages to pay the notified percentage charge on value. Should he elect no to pay the notified percentage value on value, the animal will be accepted for carriage under the terms and conditions of Section 77-A of Indian Railway Act. 

(3) The Railway will not be liable for the loss, destruction or damage arising from freight or restiveness of the animal or from overloading of vehicle or wagon by the consigner or his agent or delay not caused by the negligence or misconduct of their servants, irrespective of whether the sender has engaged to pay the percentage charge on value or not. 

(4) Railway will not be responsible for the loss, destruction, damage, deterioration or non delivery of animals after the termination of transit as defined in Rule 153.

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