Railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has announced a lottery system for tatkal booking from December 1 this year. Travellers can start applying for tatkal ticket an year before the journey date. 3 hours before the train starts from the originating station, there will be a lucky draw to select the …
How to recognise a mallu
The recent imports from our land come into this great city with the expectation that the place would be creeping and crawling with kannadigas. "How laughable that is. Sho thamaasha thamaasha", would say the seasoned veteran. From his many experiences in bakeries and the malayali capital of Forum Mall, the …
Changes to tatkal rules
Some changes have been made to tatkal rules. Tatkal booking will now start only 1 day before journey date. Earlier this was 2 days. For example, if you need to book a tatkal ticket for your journey on Nov 17 you have to book your ticket on Nov 16 and …
Double decker coach introduced by Indian Railways
Indian Railways has introduced an AC double decker coach on the 12383(Up)/12384(Down) Howrah – Dhanbad Express. It was designed ingeniously by Research Development and Standard Organisation and developed by Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala. The coach can run on a train with diesel engine.
The fully air-conditioned train will …
Printed tickets not mandatory for tickets booked from IRCTC
Forgot to print the ticket you got from IRCTC? Not a problem, if you have a copy of the ticket in your laptop or mobile. As per the latest IRCTC notification (emphasis added) -
Electronic Reservation Slip (ERS) - The printout in standard specified Performa containing reservation particulars, and instructions for use …
Differences between IRCTC and Indian Railway's new ticketing service
I had previously mentioned that Indian Railways plans to introduce a new e-ticketing service like IRCTC. Here are some of the differences noted between the two services -
- IRCTC is a separate corporation. Its services will likely continue.
- IRCTC has separate logins for agents and passengers. The new service will be …
Indian Railways to bring out new e-ticketing service like IRCTC
Indian Railways is going to bring out a new e-ticketing service like the IRCTC, says Economic Times. The new service is meant only for users and not for agents. IRCTC allows both agents and passengers to book tickets from its site. "irctc login" was the most searched term on Google …
IRCTC releases new version of its site
IRCTC has released a new version of its site. This version of its site had been in beta for a while. The new site is easier to use when planning a journey. Watch out for more details here.
The new site gives a very good interface if you're going to …
What PQWL means on a railway ticket
PQWL is one of the many Waiting List types that appear on reservation tickets. Practically speaking this is a Waiting List. Technically, there's a difference between PQWL, CKWL, GNWL etc. The total seats available for reservation on a train are divided among different quotas. There's the ladies quota, tatkal quota …
CKWL status
I get a lot of queries regarding ckwl status. These involve questions like - "I got a tatkal ticket of WL 17 in sleeper on train 2833. Today is 24th Feb 2010. and my train is on 26th Feb.? Total tatkal seats is 229. Is it likely to be confirmed?"
It's …
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