Sleeper Tatkal Booing Time

The best way to escape from the busy-bustling life for anyone is through journeys. Especially, if one wants to enjoy the pleasure of nature's wonders of lush green lands, twinkling lights of cities at night, running waterfalls, hilltops, mountains, etc, then you must opt for train journeys, Train journeys are always best only if you book the ticket in advance. Also, train journeys are more comfortable and secured than any other mode of transportation. In addition to this, the tatkal quota enhances its users to book for the journeys even at last-minute plans or short-notice plans. At times, there would happen last-minute plans. In that situation, booking the ticket under tatkal or premium tatkal is the best choice.

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Tatkal Booking Timings

Indian Railway Catering and Transportation Corporation or simply IRCTC allows you to book the ticket under a given period of time. The Indian Railways has introduced a new scheme in 2014 that is Premium Tatkal. The timings, rules & regulations for both of these are almost the same. The timings usually start from 10 am for AC coaches' reservation and 11 am for the Non-AC coaches reservation. Basically, the AC coaches include AC 3Tier, AC 2 Tier, AC Chair Car, and Non-AC coaches include Reserve Second Sitting and Sleeper coaches. Be careful while booking your tickets as there would be no second chance available if there is any mistake in the reservation form. Also, no refund is available if you cancel out the ticket.

Sleeper Tatkal Booking Timings

Sleeper coach is the best choice if you want to travel during night times and it is cheaper than the AC coaches comparatively. The sleeper coaches are also very comfortable to travel. If you have a low budget and want a comfortable journey, then sleeper coaches are the best choice for you. Sleeper coaches have no AC attached to it, So, it is a Non-AC class of the train. For all, Non-AC classes including Reserve Second Sitting and Sleeper coaches the reservation timings start from 11 am and For all AC classes including AC 3 Tier, AC 2 Tier, AC Chair Car coaches the reservation timings start from 10 am, a day before the date of your journey. You might not avail of the train ticket under the tatkal scheme on the same date of your journey as tickets get exhausted quickly due to its huge demand and immediate reservation process.

The tatkal tickets generally get exhausted within a few minutes. So, one should book the ticket immediately after the opening time of the tatkal bookings.

Sleeper Opening Timing

The booking of tickets under the tatkal scheme starts from a day before the date of your journey at 10 am, for all the AC classes of the train. For all the Non-AC classes of the train, the booking process starts at 11 am a day before the date of your journey.

Make sure you start the booking process under the tatkal tickets as soon as the opening of the reservation process starts.