IRCTC’s Tatkal tickets booking rule are revised on a regular basis. With various new rules, travelers often get confused. Now that the festive seasons are here once again, people make some last moment travel bookings and, to help them, the Indian Railways has made provision online tatkal ticket booking.
Tatkal Booking Timings:
1)Booking for AC Tatkal tickets will begin from 10 AM in the morning while for non-AC at 11 AM (a day before the actual date of travel).
2)Agents are not allowed to book tickets between 08:00 am to 08:30 am, 10:00 am to 10:30 am and 11:00 am to 11:30 am to prevent cornering of tickets at the time of opening of Tatkal and Advance Reservation Period bookings.
A refund of fare and Tatkal charges on confirmed tickets booked under the Tatkal scheme is granted only in specific circumstances:
1) if the train is delayed by more than three hours at the journey originating point of the passenger and not the boarding point if the passenger's journey originating point and boarding point are different
2) if the train is to run on a diverted route and passenger is not willing to travel
3) if the train is to run on diverted route and boarding station or the destination or both the stations are not on the diverted route
4) in case of non-attachment of a coach in which Tatkal accommodation has been earmarked and the passenger has not been provided accommodation in the same class
5) if the party has been accommodated in the lower class and does not want to travel.
Cancellation of RAC/wait-listed Tatkal tickets
For RAC or waitlisted tickets if the confirmed reservation has been provided at any time up to final preparation of charts, such a ticket is treated as confirmed, according to the IRCTC website.
A RAC or wait-listed ticket is presented for cancellation, the refund of fare is made after deducting the clerkage if the ticket is present for cancellation up to 30 minutes before the scheduled departure of the train, says IRCTC.
Tatkal Charges
According to the Railways, Tatkal ticket booking charges are calculated as a percentage of the fare subject to minimum and maximum as given here below.
Travel class | Minimum Tatkal (INRs.) | Maximum Tatkal (INR)s) | Minimum distance (KM) |
Second (sitting) | 10 | 15 | 100 |
Sleeper | 100 | 200 | 500 |
AC Chair Car | 125 | 225 | 250 |
AC 3 Tier | 300 | 400 | 500 |
AC 2 Tier | 400 | 500 | 500 |
Executive | 400 | 500 | 250 |
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