Info: Tatkal ticket booking will start from 10 AM w.e.f July 10, 2012

In an important decision taken by Ministry of Railways from July 10, 2012, Tatkal ticket booking will start from 10 AM instead of earlier existing time 8 AM. The decision was taken a couple of weeks back by Railway Ministry after a leading news channel of country conducted a sting operation for unearthing the illegal activities done for Tatkal ticket booking. The tatkal tickets can be booked from the authorised reservation counters of railways and online railway ticket booking website http://www.irctc.co.in

Timings of Tatkal Ticket Booking: From 10 AM / Starting from: 10/07/ 2012

Note: Authorised agents including online websites like www.makemytrip.com, www.yatra.com, www.cleartrip.com are not allowed to book Tatkal tickets between 10 AM and 12.00 PM.

Important Points to remember for Tatkal Ticket Booking

• Maximum of four passengers per PNR can be booked on Tatkal e-tickets.
• The Ticket Reservation page appears; check whether the train name and station names, date of journey Class, Quota, Boarding Point etc. displayed on the top of the page are same as desired by you.
• Enter the name of passengers, age, sex and berth preference for each passenger. The maximum length of names should be restricted to 15 characters.
• Senior citizen concession is not allowed in Tatkal Quota.
• Enter the ID Card Type (Driving License, Passport, Pan Card, Voter Identity Card, Central/State Government issued ID Card, Student Identity Card, Nationalised Bank Passbook, Credit Cards issued by Banks, Unique Identification Card "Aadhaar") with card number.
• In Tatkal Quota Ticket, ID card for at least one passenger travelling should be entered. ID card for other passengers is optional.
• On cancellation at least one ID Card holder passenger should remain in the ticket.
• If all the ID Card holder passenger in the ticket are cancelled, the ticket will get fully cancelled.