Platform ticket

A platform ticket is a type of rail ticket issued by some rail transport systems, allowing the user to access the platforms of a train station, but not to board and travel on any train services.

Therefore, railway operators began to check the tickets on the platform before passengers boarded the train.

[3] In Germany the Royal Prussian Railway was the first carrier to introduce ticket checks outside the trains in 1893.

A platform ticket for any railway station situated across India costs not more than ₹10 and is valid for not more than two hours.

The fare will be worked out on the basis of the last ticket checking station on the train's route.

[11] Some heritage railways and museums issue platform tickets for admittance or as souvenirs.

While not a platform ticket per se, Bay Area Rapid Transit charges a specialty excursion fare for entering and exiting the system within three hours at the same station.