New Tatkal rules

phgupta1

Railways on Monday announced a reduction in tatkal charges for various classes, a move which will come into effect from October 1.


The new tatkal charges will be levied at the rate of 10% of basic fare for second class and 30% of basic fare for all other classes, said an official release.

The charges will be levied uniformly both in peak period and non-peak periods.

As per the revised charges, passengers will have to pay between Rs 10 and a maximum of Rs 15 in second class (seating).

Similarly, passengers reserving a berth in sleeper class will have to pay between Rs 75 to a maximum of Rs 150.

Tatkal charges for AC Chair Car will range between Rs 75 to Rs 150 and in AC three tier it will range between Rs 200 to Rs 300.

Likewise, in AC 2 Tier, the charges will be levied between Rs 200 to Rs 300 and in executive classes it will be levied in the region of Rs 200 to Rs 300.

Tatkal facility will be introduced in executive class of Shatabdi trains also by earmarking 10 per cent of the accommodation available i.e. 5 seats per coach, the release said.

Railways had earlier announced reduction of the advance reservation period under tatkal scheme from five days to 2 days

mridula

So do you like the new rules? Or have the charges one up? To think of it I have never used Tatkal till date.

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Nattusbs

Advice/help wanted.

I want to get a Tatkal reservation (2AC) departing Oct 3rd on Falaknuma Exp from Sec'bad to Kharagpur.

Would someone be able to advice how to go about it - I guess the booking will start on Oct 1st at 8 am (2 days before start of journey not including the day of the journey). My main concern is that the IRTC site will be over-loaded and if I do get a W/L what does that mean?

I have done a search of Tatkal topics and feel that the information (especially given the new rules) is lacking and would be useful for many IMers.

Cheers

Nattusbs

vsp27759

Dear nattusbs,

My main concern is that the IRTC site will be over-loaded

##You are right. Hence, you MUST approach ONLY the PRS Counter. Whether you get a confirmed ticket or not, depends upon
i) your place in the Queue;
ii) the time at which the clerk opens the system;
iii) the speed with which the clerk works;
iv) the persons before you should NOT ask for Tatkal in the Train in which you wanted to buy the Tatkal Ticket.:-)
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and if I do get a W/L what does that mean?

##This means you have been put in the Waiting List, and if somebody cancels his Tatkal Booking, then you will get confirmed.

kunalmehta_82

hi all,
now I think as per new tatkal rule, you dont need to take ticket from first station to last staion (where train terminates). I think you can take tatkal tickets upto any station onroute. Is it true ?

phgupta1

You need to buy ticket from starting station to endiang station but can get in or out at any station enroute.Except 5days to 2 days and change in charges,everything remains same.[but there are some trains in which tatkal is allowed in between stations.e.g.- You can buy tatkal ticket from Mumbai to Tirupati in Kanyakumari express.]

wat

Mamta did say in the budget speech that for Tatkal passengers would have to pay only till they travel but the new rools don't show this. Just 5 days to 2 day change.

machadinha

I can't be sure, nor if it has taken effect yet (it was set for this October I think, as confirmed above), but my understanding was Tatkal fares will now be charged from and to actual boarding and departure station indeed, not from beginning to end station; and with the applicable surcharges, as outlined above.

See e.g. http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=49673 :

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