Tatkal ticket booking online

When emergencies call and most other modes of transport burn a hole in your pocket, most Indians come right back to the humble Railways.

In situations like these, one cannot thank the Indian Railways enough for establishing its Tatkal train ticket booking scheme running since 1997, which underwent changes including booking timings in 2015.

With over 1.3 lakhs Tatkal transactions processed by IRCTC every single day, most of the tickets go off within minutes after the Tatkal quota/window opens.

Don’t know how the Tatkal bookings work and have never done it before?

We present to you a step-step guide to understand how this Tatkal scheme works:

What is a tatkal ticket?

‘Tatkal’ means ‘immediately’.

It is a ticket issued by the Indian Railways to provide reservation to passengers who have to undertake a train journey at short notice.

Tatkal tickets can be booked one day in advance excluding the date of journey from the train originating station.

For instance: If you are to t

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