What is IRCTC & TATKAL Ticket

What is IRCTC?

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation is a subsidiary of the Indian Railways and manages online ticketing operations of the railways.

IRCTC provide various services under the single umbrella i.e. IRCTC. Below are the services offered by IRCTC

1. Online Ticketing

2. Tourism

3. Tatkal Scheme

4. Irctc Help Line

However, our main concern is about the Tatkal booking time. Millions of people in India booked a ticket through Irctc daily. We can say that Irctc is the biggest platform in the world for online ticket booking.

What is Tatkal Ticket?

The Tatkal scheme is the Indian railway scheme for the journey at very short notice. It is applied to all classes i.e. Sleeper, AC, and almost all mail or Express trains. Tatkal scheme opens every day at 10 am for the next day train booking. The numbers of seats are depending upon the train. However, a considerable amount of seats is reserved under Tatkal category.

For AC class, Tatkal ticket booking time is 10 am and for sleeper it is 11 am. Numbers of people coming from IT background or working professionals are dependent upon the Tatkal scheme for their travel. The conditions are more worsen during the festive seasons and most of the people are left as without ticket.

What is Premium Tatkal?

A new booking system introduced by Irctc on late 2015 based on dynamic price algorithm. The concept is simple and inherited from the aviation industry. The main focus of introducing this system is to raise revenue for the purpose of giving quality services to users. Half of the tickets from the tatkal scheme are kept under the premium tatkal scheme. The booking system is same as tatkal system but only price are calculated on dynamic basis.

What are the tatkal ticket eligibility criteria?

Anyone who is 18-year-old and has valid identity proof as mentioned in below list can apply for tatkal tickets. However according to the new rule, It is not mandatory for a person to enter ID card details. But we have to show the Identity card when asked by ticket Checker.

1. Voter Photo identity card issued by Election Commission of India.

2. Passport

3. PAN Card issued by Income Tax Department.

4. Driving License issued by RTO.

5. Photo identity card having a serial number issued by Central/State Government.

6. Student Identity Card with photograph issued by recognized School/College for their students.

7. Nationalized Bank Passbook with a photograph.

8. Credit cards issued by banks with laminated photograph.

9. Unique Identification Card "Aadhaar ".

10. Photo identity cards having serial number issued by Public Sector Undertaking of State/Central Government, District Administration, Municipal bodies and Penchant Administration.

What are tatkal ticket Rules?

1. It will be possible to book a maximum of only four passengers per PNR for tatkal tickets.

2. The facility of change of name is not permitted on the bookings made under Tatkal scheme

3. TDRs are not being issued for waiting list tickets.

What are the Refund Rules as per Tatkal Scheme?

1. No refund will be granted on the cancellation of confirmed Tatkal tickets.

2. A full refund will be granted if a train is delayed by more than 3 Hours.

3. If train uses the different route in some circumstances and passenger is not willing to travel in this condition.

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Different classes on Indian Railways

1. First class Air-Conditioned (AC) (Code:1A). The Executive class in Shatabdi type trains is also treated as Ist AC.

2. AC 2-tier sleeper (Code:2A)

3. First class (Code:FC)

4. AC 3 Tier (Code:3A)

5. 3 E - AC 3 Tier Economy

6. AC chair Car (Code:CC)

7. Sleeper Class (Code:SL)

8. Second Sitting (Code:2S)

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