Chart not prepared?

timmy

Just got an email for one of my train tix saying Chart not prepared.

I take it this mean they haven't ticketed me yet? It's still a couple of weeks away and they're supposed to be delivering the tix to my hotel.

SHIMLA

Chart not prepared probably means that they have still not alotted a coach and berth/seat.

Your ticket will be printed as soon as the allocation is done.

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steven_ber

I have no experience of Internet bookings; hopefully someone else has experienced the same thing.

Are the tickets for First Class (1A or FC)?

If so, you will only get 'Confirmed' on your ticket and not a berth number, the charts are prepared late for 1A & FC.

Another member had a similar problem.

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SHIMLA

Steven,

I faced an almost similar situation last November, when I booked my 2AC ticket for the Howrah Mail from Nashik Road to Howrah. This was not an internet booking, I booked personally at the ticket window.

My ticket showed W/L, meaning waiting list, but under the "seat/berth no." it showed "confirmed". No coach or berth no. was indicated ! I asked the booking clerk the meaning of this peculiar coding and was told that the ticket was a confirmed one, but I would know my coach no. and berth no. only at the station at the time of departure !

Sure enough, on the day, when I checked the chart at the station, I had been allotted a coach and berth no., the ticket was indeed a confirmed one!

It is sometimes difficult to fathom the ways of IR !

steven_ber

I've never heard of that before, could it be a special arrangement because of the Kumbh Mela?

I agree about Indian Railways, just when you think your beginning to understand how they work; you hear something else that confuses you, I think I could live till 100 and still not understand IR.

timmy

OK, just to clarify, my tix are all 3A or 2A, and I have coach and berth numbers assigned when I check the Indian Railways Online Doohicky (apologies for the technical term) and they appear as CNF (confirmed... I hope!)

Yet they all say Chart not Prepared which doesn't seem very reassuring.

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steven_ber

I assume your checking on the Indian Railways site using your PNR number, if the site gives you a coach and berth number; that is all you need.

timmy

Well, that and a ticket, presumably. Hope my hotel puts em in the safe like they said.

beach

At times they add a few more extra coaches if the demand for tickets are more. Mostly to the long distance important trains at the peak seasons. Till the very last minute they can’t predict how many extra coaches to be add, as a majority of the cancellations happens only at the last few hours. But the decision has been taken to add the extra coaches during the reservation period itself. So they reserve without allotting you the coach and seat number if you are in this tail end of reservation. The update your seat No. automatically the moment the new coaches are allotted.

Chart preparation is a gate point in the reservation. This is nothing but freezing of all the reservations, accounting the cancellations and final allocation of seats to the WL passengers. This is typically done just a couple of hours before the departure of the train. And the “Chart” is handed over from the reservation to the traveling coach staffs.

Steve… BTW hope that your CJT issue is decoded!!

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