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Apr 22, 2022

Retiring Room & Silent feature of Retiring Room

Retiring Room & Silent feature of Retiring Room

A railway Retiring Room  is an accommodation available at major railway stations where a bonafide passenger pay to stay for a few days,

The Silent feature of Retiring Room is as

  • Retiring Room are available in combination of Single room, Double room and Dormitory type of occupancy with AC and Non-AC .
  • Retiring Rooms can be booked on RAC and confirmed tickets but Booking of Retiring Rooms on Wait-listed tickets is not allowed. A Valid PNR Number with status RAC/ Confirm is mandatory for booking of Retiring Room
  • Minimum allowed reservation period is 1 hour and maximum reservation period is 48 hours for the available rooms and dormitories. Note - hourly booking is available at few stations only
  • Advance booking can be done as per Advance Reservation periods of PRS tickets i.e. 120 days at present
  • Permissible combinations of Retiring Room booking is as -
  • For one passenger, one Single Bed Room or One Double Bed Room or One Bed in Dormitory can be allocated.
  • For two passengers, One Double Bed Room or Two Beds in Dormitory can be allocated.
  • Extension of booking is allowed, if a room is being booked in single transaction for more than 24 hours periods in combination of slots (12 + 24, 24 + 12 and 24 + 24) then second slot assumes as extension of booking of first slot and 25% extra tariff of the second slot is being charged
  • Cancelation of Retiring Room is allowed as
  • Deduction of 20% of the booking amount if cancelled 2 days in advance excluding the day of occupation.
  • Deduction of 50% of the booking amount if cancelled one day in advance excluding the day of occupation.
  • No refund shall be admissible in case of cancellation of retiring room booking on the same day.
  • Retiring Rooms booked online to be cancelled online only and same cannot be cancelled across the counter.
  • In case of full cancellation of PRS ticket against which retiring room is already booked then Retiring room bookings would get cancelled automatically within 96 hours of Check-in time as per cancellation rules.
  • For any problems in the Retiring rooms, contact the Station authorities or Concerned Service provider.

Oct 7, 2019

How To Book A Tatkal Ticket Online Through IRCTC

IRCTC or Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation provides a special booking facility to enable users to book train tickets on a short notice. Tickets under the Indian Railways' Tatkal programme can be booked by a registered IRCTC user by paying a premium over the normal fare a day ahead of the journey. The IRCTC Tatkal train ticket booking service opens at 10:00 am every day for making air-conditioned (AC) class and 11:00 am for non-AC class reservations, according to IRCTC's website - irctc.co.in. IRCTC is the online ticketing arm of the Indian Railways.

Here's how to book train tickets under the Indian Railways' Tatkal programme:

The user is required to log in to the IRCTC booking portal in order to book Tatkal tickets. Therefore, if not registered with the IRCTC portal already, the user is required to complete the registration process and log in using his or her account details.

After login, the user is directed to the "Book Your Ticket" page. Here, the user can search for available trains by filling in details such as source and destination stations, date of journey and class of travel.

The next page displays the list of trains available for the selected route. The user can access information about the timings and route of a train by clicking on its name.

In the next step, the user is required to indicate the booking class for the selected train.

ये भी पढ़े - सिर्फ माउथफ्रेशनर से कहीं ज्यादा गुणकारी है सौंफ, जानें और बहुत से चमत्कारी गुण

The "quota" option is available at right side of the above train list. For booking a Tatkal ticket, the user needs to select "Tatkal" under the quota section.

To book a Tatkal ticket in the selected train, the user is required to click on the "Book Now" option.

On the passenger reservation page, the user is required to confirm details such as the train name, station names, class and journey date displayed on the left side of the page to proceed.

After this step, the user is asked to enter details such as the names, age, berth preference and food choice for each passenger.

After entering the details, the user may proceed by clicking on the "continue booking" option. At this stage, any of the filled details can be changed by selecting the "re-plan booking" option.

The ticket details, total fare (including taxes) and availability of berths at the particular time are displayed on the screen. After tallying the details, the user can proceed to make the payment against the booking by clicking on the "continue booking" option.

After successful payment and booking of accommodations, the ticket confirmation page is displayed. A virtual reservation message (VRM) in the form of SMS is sent by the Railways system to the mobile number provided in the passenger reservation form.

Tatkal ticket booking timings

Indian Railways' Tatkal facility provides an Advance Reservation Period of one day, excluding the day of journey. For example, if the train is to depart on the second day of the month, the Tatkal quota booking for that particular train will open at 10:00 am for AC class bookings (1A/2A/3A/CC/EC/3E) and 11:00 am for non-AC class bookings (SL/FC/2S) on the first day of the month, according to the IRCTC website.

Source - NDTV
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