Section 2 in The Railway Passengers (Cancellation of Ticket and Refund of Fare) Rules, 2015
2. Definitions.
- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -(a)"ARP" means advance reservation period upto which a reserved ticket can be booked for a future journey date;(b)"authorised agent" means a person authorised by a railway administration to issue reserved or unreserved tickets and to cancel reserved tickets;(c)"clerkage" means a charge levied by a railway administration for the clerical work rendered by it in the refund of fares;(d)"confirmed ticket" means a ticket on which a berth or seat has been confirmed;(e)"destination station" means the station for which the ticket has been issued;(f)"fare" includes basic fare, supplementary charge on super fast trains, reservation fee and other applicable miscellaneous charges;(g)"RAC ticket" means Reservation Against Cancellation ticket on which a seat has been reserved against requisition for a berth and a berth may be subsequently provided against cancellation, if any;(h)"railway ticketing centre" means a place where reserved or unreserved tickets are issued by railway employee or through an authorised agent;(i)"reservation fee" means the charge, in addition to the fare, levied by a railway administration for the reservation of a berth or seat;(j)"reserved ticket" means a journey ticket on which a berth or seat has been reserved;(k)"station" means a railway station and includes other reservation office or railway ticketing centre in the same city;(l)"station master" means a railway employee, by whatever name called, having overall charge of a railway station and includes any other railway employee authorised to grant refund of fare at a station;(m)"ticket" means a single journey ticket or any half or return ticket but does not include a season ticket, an Indrail Pass ticket or a special ticket for a reserved carriage or a tourist car or saloon, or a special train;(n)"TDR" means ticket deposit receipt issued to the passenger in lieu of the surrendered ticket, at the station where the ticket has been surrendered by the passenger or in case of ticket booked through internet, the ticket deposit receipt filed on-line;(o)"tatkal ticket" means a ticket with shorter advance reservation period, issued to meet the requirements of those passengers who have to travel at short notice;(p)"unreserved ticket" means a ticket in which no reservation has been made;(q)"wait-listed ticket" means a ticket on which no berth or seat has been allotted.
