tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13001378.post114837928503567569..comments2024-03-19T15:45:39.693+05:30Comments on India Travel Diary: IRCTC.com : Is it really hassle free railway ticketingrupankarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10945208040966360256noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13001378.post-83811583880807728292009-09-27T10:16:51.347+05:302009-09-27T10:16:51.347+05:30hi rups,this is dr.indumathy. i need two tatkal ti...hi rups,this is dr.indumathy. i need two tatkal tickets for new delhi to chennai on 2nd october. can u tell me what time ticket booking commences?indumathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13001378.post-85454652391580212052008-03-24T11:27:00.000+05:302008-03-24T11:27:00.000+05:30Thanks Dhruv for the update. I was aware of this a...Thanks Dhruv for the update. I was aware of this and have in fact tried for seats in Rajdhani for end-to-end stations. Still no seat. I am sure that there is some backdoor system which books seats in a clandestine way on the routes where there is heavy demand. <BR/>One more changes have taken place in Tatkal. Earlier there used to be 6 seats reserved in each coach for tatkal. Now that has been done away with. Tatkal has been dispensed with in some trains and no of seats increased in others. These are not publicized -- one of the many ticks of Lalu. Take for example the popular Mussorie express running between Delhi and Dehradun. There is no more Tatkal in that train. Instead the AC express between Delhi and Dehrdaun has 90 Tatkal seats. This train has only 6 coaches. However, the Tatkal fare is so high that the many seats goes empty except for peak summer season. If you want to avail Tatkal, then travel by the train railway or Lalu wants, not by your choice.rupankarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945208040966360256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13001378.post-34436305979233660122008-03-21T09:51:00.000+05:302008-03-21T09:51:00.000+05:30Hi RUPS, Nice article. IRCTC is really providing g...Hi RUPS,<BR/> Nice article. IRCTC is really providing good service. I would like to add some more contents in your article. I was also looking for TATKAL reservation from Bangalore to Mahesana(Gujarat). The particular day which I was looking for has only one train JODHPUR EXPRESS. And as you said in just two minutes after 8:00AM it showed me NOT AVAILABLE status for all classes. I just wondered how that happened. I suspected that there might be some thing wrong with IRCTC website because there is no chance that all TATKAL quota gets reserved in just 2 minutes.I than asked one of my collegue in the company about how to book TATKAL quota on irctc website. He is knowing more because he is a frequent traveller and always doing reservation through IRCTC. After that I tried what he said and BINGO!! I got the available seats in all three classes(2A/3A/SL). <BR/><BR/>So Here is what actually happened.<BR/> I wanted to go to Mahesana from Bangalore. So I entered Bangalore as From and Mahesana as To stations. But in TATKAL there is a rule that you'll have to book tickets from train's departure station to it's final destination station. Bangalore is a departure station for JODHPUR EXPRESS but Mahesana is not a final destination station for it. So I just entered JODHPUR which is a final destination station for JODHPUR EXPRESS, as a To station and looked for tickets. Then only IRCTC come up with exact available seats. Actually IRCTC should show a some warning dialog box when some one enters intermediate stations for TATKAL booking.<BR/><BR/>I hope this will help other people like RUPS and me to book TATKAL reservation through IRCTC.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again RUPS for writing article on IRCTC.<BR/><BR/>Dhruv.Dhruv Patelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08066927476192450100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13001378.post-91584603467982283112006-11-07T18:01:00.000+05:302006-11-07T18:01:00.000+05:30nice.please visit my site and see all the photos: ...nice.please visit my site and see all the photos: http://newkeralam.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com