Revision in Tatkal Reservation Rules

Indian Railways announced a change in Tatkal booking System w.e.f. 21.11.2011

1. Tatkal Advance Reservation Period reduced to one day – i.e., 24 hours other than date of travel.
2. Maximum of four passengers per ticket (earlier six).
3. ID card (as already notified) of at least one passenger required at the time of booking.
a)A self-attested xerox copy of ID card should be enclosed with application form.
b)If the declared ID holder is not travelling the other passengers need to provide their ID (at least one of the passengers) at the time of partial cancellation.
c)If the holder is not travelling, all other passengers will also be declared as without ticket and penalty levied.

4. No refund on confirmed tatkal tickets.However, full refunds allowed only for contingency cases such as “Train Cancelled”/Tatkal coach not available.
5. Duplicate tickets will not be issued.However, duplicate tickets will be issued on collection of full fare including Tatkal charges – only on contingency cases.
6. Agents/RTSAs/Web service agents shall be restricted from booking Tatkal tickets at the counters between 08.00 hrs. and 10.00 hrs.

Identity Proof
Voter ID card
Central/State Government ID card with photo
Passport
Driving Licence
PAN card of IT department
School ID card
Nationalised Bank passbook with photograph
Credit cards with laminated photograph