What is Ladies Quota on IRCTC, how does it work?

• 6 Sleeper Class Berth will be reserved /available under this quota.

• Please Note that children below the age of 12 are not allowed to travel independently. An affidavit to the railways is required by the parent on the same subject. So ladies below the age of 12 will not be allowed under this quota unless an affidavit is issued by her guardian/parent.

• TTE is instructed to pay attention to this quota, so its lot more safer.

• Pregnant women or women above 45 years of age travelling alone will be issued a lower berth ( normally TTE issues the same on request, and co-passengers are also generous)

• Accommodation is also available/reserved to Ladies in Unreserved Coaches in Mail/Express trains.

• Its is extended to separate compartment/coaches in sub-urban trains

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How can I change my name on an online-booked IRCTC railway ticket?

first of all any online train booked ticket is not transferable.This has been made to prevent possible misuse of facility by the agents and brokers.

However, if reasonable case should arise, following provisions has been made:

(both for online/counter and offline/counter ticket)

Chief Reservation Supervisor of important stations are authorized by Railway Administration to permit the change of name of a passenger having a seat or berth reserved in his name in the following circumstances namely :

(a) Where the passenger is a Government Servant, proceeding on duty and appropriate authority, makes a request in writing 24 hours before the scheduled departure of trains

(b) Where the passenger makes a request in writing 24 hours before the scheduled departure of the train that the reservation made in his name may be transferred to another member of his family, meaning, Father, Mother, Brother, Sister, Son, Daughter, Husband and Wife.

(c) Where the passengers are students of a recognized educational institution and the Head of the institution makes a request in writing 48 hours before the scheduled departure of the train, that the reservation made in the name of any student be transferred to any other student of the same institute.

(d) Where the passengers are members of a marriage party and any person deemed to be Head of such party makes a request in writing 48 hours before the scheduled departure of the train that the reservation made in the name of any member of the marriage party be transferred to any other person.

(e) Where the passengers are a group of cadets of National Cadet Corps (NCC) and any officer who is the head of the group, makes a request in writing at least 24 hours before the departure of the train that the reservation made in the name of any cadet be transferred to any other cadet.

Such request will be granted only once. Regarding item no. (c), (d) and (e), such request for change in excess of 10% of the total strength of group shall not be granted.

Notice:

Above rules can be found on http://www.indianrail.gov.in/change_Name.html

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Tricks to keep the session alive in IRCTC

• Log into your IRCTC account by around 10:55 AM IRCTC Time. Keep maintain your session alive till 10:58AM. Then proceed to "Plan My Travel" Page. Fill in the journey details, choose quota as Tatkal. And the moment the IRCTC clock ticks 10:00, click submit. 

• There is a common misconception that you are not supposed to use Refresh or back button during the ticket reservation process. This is partially true. You may use the Refresh button Until the payment page of IRCTC. Till then, using a refresh button would save you some time.

• Try to use the payment method which doesn’t have captcha(security) and requires least no of pages to be opened.

• Try prefer BHIM UPI and Phonepe upi app which are pretty fast to get me tickets most of the time.

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How to book more than 6 tickets in IRCTC

Now IRCTC users are permitted to book tickets upto 12 in a month, if users get themselves verified through
their Aadhaar number along with at least one passenger also being verified through Aadhaar.
 Aadhaar Verification not required for booking up to 6 tickets in a month.
 Users can book upto 6 tickets (without Aadhaar) in a month continues as earlier.

 Steps to avail the facility of booking more than 6 tickets and up to 12 tickets in a   month

•  Under My Profile section,IRCTC Registered User is required to verify their aadhaar details       using Aadhaar KYC option.

•  User’s Aadhaar details will be verified through sending an OTP on his mobile number which is linked with aadhaar. On successful verification of OTP, user will become verified.

•  At least One (1) passenger on the ticket being booked, beyond 6 tickets in a month, should also be Aadhaar verified.

•  Users are required to verify the probable passengers through their respective Aadhaar card  number and store the verified passengers in passenger master list. This should be done before starting the ticket booking, beyond 6 tickets in a month.

•  User can also add Aadhaar verified passenger from master list at the time of booking to book additional tickets upto 12 tickets per month.

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Sleeper coach journey without reservation on train

Every time it is not possible to get train reservation tickets. Particularly, in festive and summer seasons. Booking a ticket for the train is hard. Most of the people don't know the difference between online reservation ticket and booking at reservation counter. There are some advantages over the e-ticketing for the reservations at the station. By just following this trick, you will have the journey on any sleeper coach without reservation.

Journey in sleeper coach without Reservation

1. Open IRCTC website check trains for your journey route.
2. Select your convenient train from the listed trains and check for seat availability.
3. If that has waiting list tickets, then book on online and go to nearest reservation counter.
4. Take the reservation form and fill the journey details along with train name and number which you prefer.
5. Submit your form and get waiting list ticket with any number (waiting list size doesn't matter).
6. As per Indian Railways, online booked waiting list tickets will be canceled once chart got prepared.But counter ticket advantage is it is valid for your sleeper coach journey.Counter ticket can't be canceled anymore.
7. With this simple trick, you can travel in sleeper coach without any reservation ticket.

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Reuse Already Registered Mobile Number in IRCTC Account

IRCTC Mobile number Reuse is a very complicated issue.Why Because you are using a recycled/already registered mobile number. The number was being used by someone else before getting allotted to you, and that user has not updated his/her new number in the IRCTC account.

Contact IRCTC Customer Care Executive
 Once a mobile number registered with IRCTC, even though you call for the deactivation of the registered account, IRCTC database DOES NOT purge the mobile numbers EVER. Hence, the only way suggested is to use a new mobile number which hasn’t been previously registered with any IRCTC account irrespective of its status (active or inactive status).

Update IRCTC Registered Mobile Number
Login to your registered IRCTC account where you want to update mobile number. There you can find change the mobile number option under settings tab.registered a mobile number is a default number for booking, confirmation, and cancellation of your ticket. When you are booking a self or someone else ticket through your account, you can find change mobile number column which shows along with the registered mobile number.This option is available in enable mode to change on require.

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Book General Train Ticket Using UTS Mobile App

An Un-Reserved Ticket through UTS Mobile Application has been started by CRIS. This app is available free of cost for Android & Windows mobile phones.These tickets bookings are only allowed in smartphones with GPS option.user can track their previous bookings and journey details in desktops also at UTR FOR DESKTOP.

Unreserved Ticket Booking Available in two modes,
       1.Paper Ticket.
       2.Paperless Ticket.
Users can book different types of tickets by using this mobile application.

• Platform tickets
• Normal Tickets
• Season Tickets

Paper Ticket: The passenger can book a paper ticket through this mobile application. While booking a ticket, the user will get Booking ID along with journey details.passangers should take ticket print out at the Automatic Ticket Vending Machine (ATVM) using the booking ID.this ATVM machines are available at most of the railway stations.

Paperless Ticket: The passenger can book a paperless ticket through mobile application and ticket will be available in the UTS mobile app itself. The passenger can travel without taking a hard copy of the ticket. However, the Paperless ticket option is still available in Chennai suburban area and  Mumbai suburban of Western Railway only. To have a paperless ticket, the Smartphone should be GPS enabled. 

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Extra Charge to Book Lower berth in Train

Lower berth is the best choice for the senior citizens & women passengers, and the journey is very comfortable in a lower berth for them.but railway department likely to shock the passengers who opt for a lower berth by increasing the Rs.50. As we know, the window seat is costlier in flight journey. In same way, Railways thinking to increase the lower berth prices due to huge demand. Of course, raliways yet to decide on this but likely to increase and announce soon.

Highlights

• Hereafter Choosing a Lower berth is not free while booking a train ticket.

• Passengers have to pay Rs.50 extra to get Lower berths in train.

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IRCTC Cancellation Charges for Confirmed train Tickets

Cancellation charges are subject to change which based on the situation. below are the charges and conditions.

Cancellation of the confirmed ticket 1 day before.

1 Tier AC  - Rs.120
2 Tier AC  - Rs.100
3 Tier AC  - Rs.90
Sleeper      - Rs.60

However, above refund is not applicable for Tatkal. No refund for Tatkal confirmed tickets.

For RAC/WL tickets are allowed to refund the full amount after deducting the clerkage charges which will be Rs.30 for all classes.


In case, train running late more than 3 hours and passenger does not intend travel then you can opt for TDR filing for e-tickets through online. Submit the ticket to station master if it is i-ticket within the prescribed time, below are the prescribed timings based on distance.

Up to 200Kms          - 3Hrs
200-500Kms             - 6Hrs
More than 500kms    - 12Hrs

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How can I get the user ID and password for my IRCTC

Forgot your username or password for IRCTC login.Don't worry.It is easy if you know your registered email ID/mobile number.By below simple steps you can recover your login details.if you do not have access to both mobile and email then you can Request IRCTC support by sending a request mail to oncare@irctc.co.in

Recover Forgotten User Name

Open your mailbox and search by word "Ticketadmin".you can find mail from IRCTC when you had registered.This mail will contain your registered username for IRCTC login.if you have deleted this registration mail or not able to find, Then click here: How to Find IRCTC Username Using Paytm

Recover Forgotten Password

If you forgot your IRCTC login password, you could reset it by clicking Forgot Password link on IRCTC login page.Click here: Reset Your Password.Reset process can be done by two ways.one is providing your security answer when you had registered in IRCTC.Another option is Request OTP(One Time Password) to the registered mobile/email.

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