Keep checking parallely current berth availability for tatkal quota on trainman. Avoid trying to book ticket on trains for which tatkal tickets have already exhausted.For most of the routes, 2A gets filled less quickly than 3A inspite of lesser berths. For AC classes, try booking in 2A (second ac) first.So just enter the captcha and click on ‘Next’ for payment. When you come on Passenger Details page, you will see that all the details which you entered before are still there. Exactly at 10am (or at 11am for FC, SL and 2S) put your correct journey date and try booking.Now instead of clicking on ‘Next’ which will take you to payment, click on ‘Replan’ which takes to back to the ‘Plan My Journey’ page. Enter passenger details including id card details and mobile number.
Now select quota as TATKAL and click on BOOK NOW for today’s date for any train. Select origin destination, choose date as today’s date and enter ticket type and click on ‘Find Trains’.Login into the irctc website 5-10 minutes ago and do these before 10am for ac ticket and 11am for non-ac ticket.Fill passenger details before 10am for ac class and before 11am for non-ac class, you need not fill them again and save a couple of minutes this way which increases your probability of getting confirmed tatkal ticket. Save some time by entering passenger details beforehand.This way you do not have to search for it after you have started the booking process.
#Irctc tatkal booking license#
Keep Id card details such as PAN card or driving license of one of the passengers handy.For example, if you want to book tatkal ticket from Nagpur to chennai in Chennai Rajdhani Express (12434), the tatkal booking opens 2 days in advance in this case from your journey date as the train reaches Nagpur on 2nd day of running. It might open two or more days in advance, if the train reaches your boarding station on second or more days of its running. Make sure tatkal quota for your journey opens one day in advance.DO NOT use same irctc login details on multiple browsers simultaneously as irctc can detect it and log you out from all sessions. Trying to book ticket parallely using multiple browser/computer always increases chances of getting a tatkal ticket. If you have only one login details, borrow one from your friend or family. Create more than one credentials for logging on to irctc website.Following tips will help you in booking confirm ticket in tatkal quota through irctc website: Therefore, booking of confirmed tatkal ticket is of utmost importance as waiting list tatkal ticket has very less chances of confirmation and tatkal tickets do not go through RAC. General waiting list (GNWL) is favoured over tatkal waiting list (TQWL) at the time of chart preparation as per this indian railway circular.
#Irctc tatkal booking code#
Indian railways changed the tatkal quota code from CK and CKWL to TQ and TQWL respectively. The reservation under tatkal scheme will open at 10am on the previous day of journey from train originating station for AC classes whereas that for non-AC classes will start at 11am on the previous day of journey from train originating station. Note: From 15-06-2015, booking of tatkal tickets will be staggered for AC and non-AC classes to 10am onwards and 11am onwards respectively.