Rail Tatkal Ticket booking timings revised; 50 percent refund on cancellation

[Sarkar]

New Delhi, June 10 (ANI): Indian Railways has changed the timing for the booking of Tatkal tickets, and said that customers can get a refund of upto 50 percent on cancellation for the same.

As per the new schedule, the Tatkal booking for AC classes will commence at 10 a.m. and close at 11 a.m., while for the non-AC classes, the Tatkal booking will commence at 11 a.m and close at noon.

Railways will soon launch its 'Tatkal Special' train service, travelling on which will be dearer than on normal trains.

The cash-strapped public transporter will make special trains on tatkal fares operational for certain busy routes.
While 'Premium' trains - tickets for which are priced as per a dynamic fare structure - are already operational, the Tatkal Special trains will be an additional service to cater to the rush.
The Railways has also relaxed the advance reservation period for Tatkal Special trains. The advance reservation period is of a minimum 10 days and a maximum of 60 days
Rail Tatkal Ticket booking timings revised; 50 percent refund on cancellation - Yahoo News India

 

[Siva]

When will this timing come into effect?

 

[Thakur]

Timing for Rail Tatkal Ticket Booking Changed, New Refund Policy Soon

To ease pressure, Railways has decided to stagger booking of tatkal tickets by allowing reservations in AC class from 10 am to 11 am and non-AC class from 11 am.

The new tatkal booking schedule will come into effect in the next couple of days, a senior Railways official said.

The Railways is also toying with the idea of giving refund on cancellation of confirmed tatkal tickets, the percentage of which would be calculated based on a time frame.


The public transporter has decided to rechristen premium trains as "Suvidha" trains with an overhaul in the fare structure, and cancellations and bookings facilities, Railway Board Member (Traffic) Ajay Shukla said.

Announcing the changes in timing of tatkal bookings for AC and non-AC classes, he said the measures were taken to ensure "fast service while booking online and reducing passenger rush at the counters".

Talking to reporters, Mr Sharma said the IRCTC website had recently registered three crore hits in a day, slowing the server in the process.
Besides, he said plans are afoot to refund a percentage of fare on cancellation of confirmed tatkal tickets, which is hitherto unavailable.

"We are considering to refund certain percentage. We will have a time frame and if a passenger cancels (a tatkal ticket) within the time frame, he will be refunded accordingly," he said.

Refunds will also be available on cancellations of tickets of premium trains and such refunds would go "up to 50 per cent", he said. At present, no such facility is available, making such services unpopular among a segment of the customers.
Railway Board Member (Traffic) Mr Shukla said premium trains itself would undergo a transformation so as to benefit more passengers and would be called "Suvidha".

Keeping in mind that the dynamic fare mechanism makes travel expensive for some passengers in such trains, Mr Shukla said, the fare structure would be revised.

"At present, there has been instances when passengers booking in AC 3-tier had to pay more than a fellow passenger travelling in AC 2-tier. Besides, under the mechanism ticket fare used to shoot up by three times in a single day. We intend to put an end to all such anomalies," he said.
Premium trains are run on busy routes with high patronage.

Plans are afoot to launch 'Tatkal Special' train service soon. These would be run on particular routes to handle the passenger rush, he added.



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[Sarkar]

RE: Timing for Rail Tatkal Ticket Booking Changed, New Refund Policy Soon

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Rail Tatkal Ticket booking timings revised; 50 percent refund on cancellation

 

[Siva]

So no one knows when these timings will come into effect?

 

[Sarkar]

I think with immediate effect.

 

[Sarkar]

I think with immediate effect.

Sorry changes are effective from today

Railways changes timings for booking Tatkal tickets