Railway Concessions for Students: What You Need to Know

Many students take the train every day to reach school or college. In such a situation, the question often arises whether the Indian Railways gives any concession or other special facility in the fare to the students? The answer is yes, but not to every student. The railways has fixed a variety of concessions for different categories of students. These include facilities like monthly season tickets to educational tours and fare concession for some competitive exams. Let us know about the 5 big facilities of the railways available to the students. Suppose a student travels daily by train i.e. to and fro school or college, he can get a monthly season ticket (MST) or quarterly season ticket (QST) of the railways. The railways gives some concession on these passes to the eligible students. According to the railway rules, boys studying up to 12th and girls studying up to graduation are given a free second-class monthly ticket (MST) for the journey between home and school.