Title - Tickets denied over old 1000 and 500 rupee currency notes at railway counters

After announcement off demonetization Railway passengers are facing a tough time at ticket counters. Most of the ticket counters of all major cities where there is heavy traffic of passengers like New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangaluru etc. passengers are being denied tickets due to unavailability of smaller currency notes.

Government announced that railway counters will continue accepting old 1000 and 500 rupee notes till November 11. The problem started when most of the passengers offered old notes even for small trips costing less than Rs 100. Since railway booking counters can accept old notes but cannot return it therefore availability smaller currency notes shrank. This problem got translated into extra-long queues leaving passengers waiting for hours in the line.

Many passengers described their woes when they gave a 500 rupee note in exchange for Rs 150 ticket, they were denied of the ticket instantly due to unavailability of change. Many had to leave their train due to this reason.

The same problem was face by passengers at cafeteria where they were denied food due to unavailability of change.

Indian railways sell six lakh tickets through live counters on an average daily which were affected instantly by this decision.