Passengers holding confirmed railways tickets can transfer it to another person. This change is implemented in some important stations.

A notice by Indian Railways passenger reservation inquiry stated that Chief Reservation Supervisor of important stations is permitted by Railway Administration to change the name of a passenger having a seat confirmed under his name. However, the change in the name of the ticket will be done only once.

Government servants, marriage parties, students, family members and National Cadet Corp (NCC) students would be allowed to avail this facility. To avail the facility, a government servant must submit the request in writing 24 hours prior the departure time of the train. In the case of family members, if a person has to change the name of his ticket to one of his family members- husband, wife, father, mother, brother, sister, son or daughter; he too has to submit a request in writing 24 hours prior to the scheduled departure of the train. If a passenger is a student of a recognized institute and wants to transfer ticket of one student onto the name of another student of the same institute, a request for the same must be made in writing 48 hours prior the scheduled train departure. Also if a group of passengers is attending marriage event and if their head makes a transfer request, it must in written 48 hours prior to the scheduled departure. Also the same applies to the group of cadets of NCC, but the request can be made in written 24 hours prior the train departure schedule.    

If the applicants are in a group like those of students, marriage event attendees and cadets of NCC, the transfer request for only 10 percent of the group members will be accepted.