Tatkal Booking Time

Tatkal bookings are an immediate reservation of tickets for your last-minute or short-notice journeys. The tatkal ticket fares are considerably more when compared to general tickets. The fares of Tatkal tickets usually depend on the density of people from a particular station and demand for the tickets. Tatkal booking timings are fixed by the Indian Railway Catering and Transportation Corporation. To avail of tatkal quota tickets, one must start booking as soon as the reservation process opens online.

Read further to know more about the tatkal booking timings for AC and Non-AC classes of the train.

IRCTC Tatkal Timings

According to IRCTC, passengers have to book the tickets under the tatkal scheme in a particular period of time. In general, these tatkal quota bookings start from a day before the date of your journey. Make sure no mistakes are done while entering all your details. Because there would be no recorrections done again and again. Tatkal bookings are available both offline and online. You can either book at the counter of the Railway Station or online at its official website. Sometimes, the servers of the site might slow down online whereas in Railway Station at the counter the servers are generally faster and the availability of the tatkal tickets will also be easier. All you need to do is to fill the given form to reserve a ticket under tatkal scheme.

Online Tatkal Booking Time

To avail of Tatkal tickets online you should go to the official website of the Indian Railways. The booking process starts earlier for AC coaches earlier than the Non-AC coaches. In general, the tatkal bookings are done a day before the date of your journey. For all the AC classes, the reservation process starts at 10 a.m and similarly, for all the Non-AC coaches the reservation starts at 11 a.m. At this particular time, no tickets need to be booked by the agents.

Tatkal Booking Timings 2019

The booking timings for different coaches are different. The reservation process for AC coaches starts soon than the Non-AC coaches. The reservation process for AC coaches including AC 3 Tier, AC 2 Tier, AC Chair Car starts from a day before the date of your journey at 10 a.m. Likewise, the reservation process for Non-AC coaches including Sleeper and Reserve Second Sitting coaches starts at 11 a.m a day before the date of your journey.

Tatkal Booking Timings For Sleeper

Sleeper coach fare is comparatively lesser than that of AC coaches. It is the best choice for night journeys which ensures a safe and comfortable journey. The seats also usually more than in the Sleeper coach than the AC coach. 

The opening timings of the Sleeper coach: A day before the date of your trip at 11 a.m. 

Tatkal Booking Timings For AC

AC coaches are the best choice for summer trips. It's very uncomfortable to travel in summers. But trains are favorable means of transportation anytime. It consists of AC coaches which ensures comfortability and great pleasure of train journeys. In general, the reservation process starts from a day before the date of your journey at 10 a.m.