IRCTC new rules from October 1, 2025: Indian Railways issues guidelines for online reservation of general ticketsIRCTC is implementing new guidelines to prevent misuse of the ticket reservation system. Starting October 1, 2025, only Aadhaar-authenticat...
17 Sep, 2025, 09.38 AM IST
Train reservations: After chart timing and Tatkal, railways announces another important change in ticketing processIndian railways reservation: The Railway Ministry has changed the rules for emergency quota requests. Now, passengers must apply a day befo...
23 Jul, 2025, 08.58 AM IST
New tatkal ticket booking rules: Aadhaar OTP must from July 2025, agents can't book tatkal in first half hour in AC, non-AC coaches and moreIndian Railways is revamping the tatkal ticket booking system. Aadhaar authentication will be mandatory for online bookings from July 1, 20...
24 Jun, 2025, 09.58 AM IST
Action plan to tackle unauthorised ticketing agenciesAhead of festive season rush, Northern Railway has formulated an action plan to tackle the problem of unauthorised ticketing agencies to pr...
05 Sep, 2015, 08.34 PM IST
Railways to soon launch tatkal special trains to cash in on rushThe cash-strapped public transporter will make special trains on tatkal fares operational for certain busy routes, said a senior Railway mi...
10 May, 2015, 12.13 PM IST
Parliamentary committee seeks blueprint for advanced Railway e-ticketing systemThe public transporter has envisaged a better system which would work seamlessly even during high traffic when Tatkal booking begins.
21 Dec, 2014, 12.31 PM IST
Parliamentary panel raps Railways on dynamic pricing of tatkal ticketsThese RTSAs are operating from railway premises on the basis of injunction of the Calcutta High Court given 27 years ago.
18 Dec, 2014, 08.11 PM IST
Tatkal booking system for heritage trainOut of the 90 second class seats, nine seats have been alloted for Tatkal and charges for it would be Rs 40 per ticket for the Train number...
26 Dec, 2013, 10.53 PM IST
Railway introduces new guidelines for tatkal ticketsNo authorised agents, including agents of IRCTC and others, will be allowed to book Tatkal tickets from 10 am to 12 am from counters as wel...
09 Jul, 2012, 09.32 PM IST
- Reservation of tatkal tickets to start from 10 am
From July 10, reservation of tatkal tickets will start from 10 am instead of 8 am and no authorised agents will be allowed to book them dur...
29 Jun, 2012, 08.33 PM IST
- Railways plan dedicated counters for tatkal tickets
Faced with mounting complaints of misuse of tatkal scheme, Railways are planning to have dedicated counters & separate time slots for selli...
29 Jun, 2012, 04.48 PM IST
- Sleepless night at reservation counters, but no tatkal ticket
The tatkal scheme was introduced to help people get train tickets at short notice. But skyscraping demand is not helping people to get tick...
26 Jun, 2012, 12.04 PM IST
- Changes in Tatkal booking from Nov 21
The new Tatkal booking scheme in which the train reservation period has been reduced to one day from two days will come into effect from Mo...
19 Nov, 2011, 08.32 PM IST
Railway bookings: Tatkal reservation period reduced to 24 hrsPlagued by increasing number of complaints in Tatkal booking scheme, the Railways today decided to reduce the advance reservation period.
13 Nov, 2011, 11.34 AM IST
- Railways Tatkal scheme bags Rs 356-crore profit
Railways has made a profit of more than Rs 300 crore alone from its Tatkal scheme of passengers reservation this year.
15 Dec, 2008, 01.35 PM IST
- No refund on confirmed tickets booked under Tatkal
In a bid to stop misuse of Tatkal reservation scheme by "unscrupulous elements", Railways have decided not to give any refund on confirmed ...
27 Aug, 2006, 10.27 AM IST
- Tatkal facility reduced to one coach per train
After reviewing the utilisation of Tatkal reservation, Railways has decided to reduce the facility to one coach per train.
22 May, 2002, 07.50 PM IST