Railways to release first reservation chart more than eight hours before train's departureIndian Railways will change reservation chart timings. For trains departing between 5 am and 2 pm, charts will be prepared by 9 pm the prev...
02 Jul, 2025, 05.14 PM IST
Railways to release list of confirmed ticket holders eight hours ahead of departureIndian Railways is set to improve passenger experience. Confirmed ticket lists will be out eight hours before departure. This offers clarit...
30 Jun, 2025, 12.38 AM IST
Partially confirmed train ticket: Can you travel on a ticket with 2 confirmed and 2 waiting list passengers?Starting May 1, 2025, Indian Railways will enforce stricter rules regarding waitlisted passengers. Those with unconfirmed tickets won't be ...
14 May, 2025, 02.18 PM IST
IRCTC train e-ticket cancellation charges explained: How much will you lose?Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation charges for the cancellation of train tickets based on ticket type and cancellation time. C...
12 Mar, 2025, 03.39 PM IST
Clerkage charge is levied on cancellation of all waitlisted tickets: Railway Minister Ashwini VaishnawThe Railway Ministry levies clerkage charges on all waitlisted ticket cancellations, using the revenue for maintenance and operations. Resp...
11 Dec, 2024, 08.30 PM IST
Railways' new device checks real-time seat availability, allots 7K unconfirmed passengers berths dailyIf a passenger with a reserved ticket does not turn up or cancels their journey at the last minute, the vacant berth is displayed on the HH...
18 Sep, 2022, 05.32 PM IST
Over 52 lakh waitlisted passengers denied train travel in 1st 6 months of this FY, finds RTI queryDuring the last fiscal due to the pandemic, the number of passengers availing train services was limited. At the end of 2020-21 fiscal peop...
08 Nov, 2021, 08.47 PM IST
Over 1 cr waitlisted passengers denied train travel in 2019-20: RTIMore than one crore passengers could not travel by trains despite buying tickets in 2019-2020 because of being waitlisted, a query filed un...
01 Nov, 2020, 05.08 PM IST
Travel in Rajdhani, Shatabdi at mail/express fare from April 1Railways is launching a new scheme from April 1 under which waitlisted passengers can get confirmed accommodation in the next alternative t...
21 Mar, 2017, 08.43 PM IST
Railways offers alternative train accommodation to passengersRailways extended alternative train accommodation system for five major routes connecting Howrah, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Secunderab...
23 May, 2016, 10.46 PM IST
Waitlisted railway passengers to get confirmed berth under 'Vikalp' schemeThe alternative train accommodation scheme will take off in trains running on Delhi-Lucknow and Delhi-Jammu sectors from November 1, on a p...
31 Oct, 2015, 02.23 PM IST
Railways launches 'Vikalp' scheme for waitlisted passengersAiming to beat the festive season rush, the railways has launched a scheme enabling waitlisted passengers of a train to opt for confirmed b...
16 Oct, 2015, 11.49 AM IST
Alternate train accommodation scheme to meet festive rushRailways will roll out a scheme enabling waitlisted passengers booking online get a confirmed berth in the next train plying on same route,...
15 Oct, 2015, 10.15 PM IST
SMS alert service for waitlisted rail passengers launchedThe status of the waitlisted tickets will be communciated through SMS on the passenger mobile phone number given at the time of booking tic...
03 Mar, 2014, 03.00 PM IST
Now automatic SMS after confirmation of waitlisted train ticketsCurrently, one has to either dial the enquiry number 139 or use the Internet to know the waitlisted ticket status.
09 Feb, 2014, 10.19 AM IST
- 'Wait-listed Tatkal passengers to get preference over others'
Railways today decided to give preference to wait-listed passengers under the Tatkal ticket scheme over other passengers while clearing the...
15 May, 2012, 10.56 PM IST
- Now, palmtops to give berth to waitlisted passengers
The Railways would soon make it mandatory for every TTE to carry a handheld that would be connected to the central server. In pics: Ads on ...
15 Mar, 2008, 06.30 PM IST