Amendment in Tatkal Scheme Timings for Booking

At present, the booking under Tatkal scheme opens at 10.00 hrs on the previous day of journey from train originating station.

It has been decided that w.e.f. 15.06.2015, timings for booking of Tatkal tickets will be staggered for AC & non-AC classes to 10.00 hours o­nwards and 11.00 hours o­nwards respectively. Accordingly, now the reservation under Tatkal scheme will open at 10.00 hours on the previous day of journey from train originating station for AC classes whereas that for non – AC classes, it will start at 11.00 hours o­n the previous day of journey from train originating station.

Class of Travel Minimum Tatkal Charges (in Rs.) Maximum Tatkal Charges (in Rs.) Minimum Distance for charge(in Km)
Reserve Second sitting (2S) 10.00 15.00 100
Sleeper 100.00 200.00 500
AC Chair Car 125.00 225.00 250
AC 3 Tier 300.00 400.00 500
AC 2 Tier 400.00 500.00 500
Executive 400.00 500.00 250

Moreover, all types of ticketing agents (YTSK, RTSAs, IRCTC agents, etc.) will now be debarred from booking tickets during the first thirty minutes of opening of booking i.e. from 08.00 to 08.30 hours for general bookings and from 10.00 to 10.30 hours & 11.00 to 11.30 hours for Tatkal booking in AC & non-AC classes respectively.

Press release for timing change in Tatkal Bookings

Amendment in Tatkal Scheme Timings for Booking

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