Post your waitlist questions here ONLY

I am posting this here just so it will catch the maximum number of eyes.

I had a miserable day traveling from Chennai to Bangalore this sunday. Since my online e-ticket booked from www.irctc.co.in was waitlisted and not confirmed, I could not even board the train!! The T.T.E explained to me that it was not not valid for even travelling in the unreserved compartment. I had to rush to the current ticket booking queue and in the delay missed two trains in the process. The TTE claimed that a ticket printed and obtained from a railway booking office was valid for travelling in unreserved coach even if waitlisted but not an e-ticket.

Hope this will prepare travellers in advance - esp those thinking they will confirm the reservation in the last minute on wait-listed e-tickets.

Regards

you are right gobbledegeek.. we are mentioning this in all our posts to highlight travellers that with waitlisted e-tickets you cannot even enter into the train. the refund gets automatically credited to your bank / credit card account.

Sigh! In all my browsing, I somehow missed this detail. The irctc website is not allowing me to cancel citing the fact that the chart is already prepared.

I am awaiting most eagerly, a response to my indignant protestations submitted via the modern electronic medium !!

Regards

Damien,
If you are in the UK and you wanted a value ticket, I am sure that you would spend time before the computer trying to squeeze a good fare out by having a look around. People do it while going to the continent and to the US. What applies there also applies here.
It is not always about having practical knowledge of travelling, but some armchair research. You are right about the weekend. Do not strain yourself by going to the counter, sit in front of a fast computer and go for the tatkal. If you can't get the rath, have the indianrail map before you and go for gondwana, If tatkal vamooses then go for the varanasi sector trains with one change at itarsi.
It's only a few hours more by the other route.
Good luck with your tatkal endevours.
Kind Regards
York_Katni

The Waitlisted Ticket has WL clearly highlighted on the header row. Also, go through the points written in the ticket itself about the fully waitlisted ticket.

You should get refund automatically by friday.

Hi,
i have booked a train e-ticket in JP-BCT superfast(2956). journey date is 18th oct from jaipur. the current wait list status is 43.
will it get confirmed. please help.

how much fine will be there if the waiting doesn't get cleared and I still board the train.

Which class are you travelling ?

On the fine, go to the Indian RAilways site and find out !

SLEEPER CLASS

that is official fine. practically how much do they demand considering bribe option

See this

2956 JP BCT SUPFAST 13-10-2009 JAIPUR MUMBAI CENTRAL GENERAL
S.NO. DATE CLASS-SL CLASS-3A
1 13-Oct-2009, Tuesday WL 199/WL 123 WL 94/WL 14
2 14-Oct-2009, Wednesday WL 203/WL 72 WL 30/WL 11
3 15-Oct-2009, Thursday WL 129/WL 98 WL 2/RAC 15
4 16-Oct-2009, Friday RAC 39/RAC 29 AVAILABLE- 0065
5 17-Oct-2009, Saturday AVAILABLE- 0053 AVAILABLE- 0095
6 18-Oct-2009, Sunday WL 189/WL 137 WL 93/WL 45

The current waitlist position is 137.. If you are waitlisted 43, the chances of your ticket getting confirmed is better as generally more waitlists are confirmed..

On the bribe option, it all depends on the TTE.. You need to take a chance.. there is no "rate list" for that..

In case your e-ticket is not confirmed after charting (I feel you would atleast move to RAC), then buy an unreserved ticket and try your luck - with the paper ticket, you will be treated as a ticketless passenger.

thanks buddy.
i hope my wl get cleared. i m bit scared because of the diwali rush

We are 4 passengers booked for the 618 MNGLA LKSDP EXP from Thivim to ERANAKULAM JN for this Sunday, 11 October.

I bought the tickets 6 weeks ago (2AC) and we are (still) on WL 1-4.

What is the likelihood of these getting confirmed as the trip is 3 days away?

Thanks!!

Madamdarkin,

Look at this.

2618 MNGLA LKSDP EXP 1-01-2010 THIVIM ERANAKULAM JN GENERAL
S.NO. DATE CLASS-2A CLASS-3A
1 01-Jan-2010, Friday AVAILABLE- 0006 WL 3/WL 3
2 02-Jan-2010, Saturday AVAILABLE- 0002 AVAILABLE- 0019
3 03-Jan-2010, Sunday AVAILABLE- 0005 AVAILABLE- 0002
4 04-Jan-2010, Monday AVAILABLE- 0002 AVAILABLE- 0002
5 05-Jan-2010, Tuesday AVAILABLE- 0002 AVAILABLE- 0005
6 06-Jan-2010, Wednesday AVAILABLE- 0002 AVAILABLE- 0002

The quota from Thivim looks like is only 6 seats in 2AC.

Keep your fingers crossed... Am not very bullish on the tickets getting cleared..

Dear Arun,

##Please look at this:
......
2618 MNGLA LKSDP EXP 31-12-2009 PANVEL ERANAKULAM JN GENERAL
S.No. Date (DD-MM-YYYY) Class - 2A Class -3A
3 2- 1-2010 AVAILABLE- 0002 AVAILABLE- 0017
4 3- 1-2010 WL 2/WL 2 WL 7/WL 7
5 4- 1-2010 AVAILABLE- 0001 WL 3/WL 3
6 5- 1-2010 WL 2/WL 2 AVAILABLE- 0001
--------------
2618 MNGLA LKSDP EXP 31-12-2009 THIVIM ERANAKULAM JN GENERAL
S.No. Date (DD-MM-YYYY) Class - 2A Class -3A
3 2- 1-2010 AVAILABLE- 0002 AVAILABLE- 0019
4 3- 1-2010 AVAILABLE- 0005 AVAILABLE- 0002
5 4- 1-2010 AVAILABLE- 0002 AVAILABLE- 0002
6 5- 1-2010 AVAILABLE- 0002 AVAILABLE- 0005
======================

##From the highlighted portion, can we take that PNVL-ERS and THVM-ERS Quotas are different?

VSP,

What I saw was even RN and MAO have quotas different from Thivam. Does it mean that Thivam has a separate quota ?

2618 MNGLA LKSDP EXP 1-01-2010 RATNAGIRI ERANAKULAM JN GENERAL
S.NO. DATE CLASS-2A CLASS-3A
1 01-Jan-2010, Friday AVAILABLE- 0004 AVAILABLE- 0027
2 02-Jan-2010, Saturday AVAILABLE- 0003 AVAILABLE- 0017
3 03-Jan-2010, Sunday WL 2/WL 2 WL 7/WL 7
4 04-Jan-2010, Monday AVAILABLE- 0001 WL 3/WL 3
5 05-Jan-2010, Tuesday WL 2/WL 2 AVAILABLE- 0003
6 06-Jan-2010, Wednesday AVAILABLE- 0002 AVAILABLE- 0002

2618 MNGLA LKSDP EXP 1-01-2010 MADGAON ERANAKULAM JN GENERAL
S.NO. DATE CLASS-2A CLASS-3A
1 01-Jan-2010, Friday AVAILABLE- 0004 AVAILABLE- 0025
2 02-Jan-2010, Saturday AVAILABLE- 0001 AVAILABLE- 0017
3 03-Jan-2010, Sunday AVAILABLE- 0007 WL 2/WL 2
4 04-Jan-2010, Monday AVAILABLE- 0004 AVAILABLE- 0002
5 05-Jan-2010, Tuesday AVAILABLE- 0004 AVAILABLE- 0010
6 06-Jan-2010, Wednesday AVAILABLE- 0002 AVAILABLE- 0004

Looks like RN & PNVL have the same quota !

Methister,
First of all do not take it for granted that the tte will accept your bribe. You may eb showered with filthy abuses and the railway poilice may take you away in the worst case. If a ticketing squad is in service then you are doomed and can even be jailed. Do you want all that trouble and that comment educated people tch tch tch! Don't take the chance. You have the internet, search around and you will find a train.

I do not think compromising on integrity and honesty is a good idea for a train ticket. It's not the railways fault that the passenger did not book early knowing fully well that people have holidays. There are plenty of trains to jaipur and other options available as well with a change at bayana or agra from where it is a short ride. This is a general piece of good hearted advice. Never resort to underhand means especially if you are new to the country. It may backfire miserably on you. These days 100 or 200 rupees is nothing for a tte. You can always buy a ticket by a confirmed train.