How to make irctc tatkal booking?

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For benefit of passengers who have to plan their journey at the last moment and cannot secure reserved accommodation, Railways provide “Tatkal” ticket booking facility on payment of premium charges on ‘first come first served’ basis.

This facility is now available on the Internet through www.irctc.co.in.

Features of Tatkal ticket booking Facility on www.irctc.co.in

Tatkal bookings are allowed in all classes except First AC and Executive class
For Tatkal charges per passenger see the site above.


Tatkal tickets can be booked five days in advance of the date of journey.

Tatkal i-tickets can be booked only on the opening day from 8.00 am onwards. eg- If .- today is 1st May, 6th -May will be the opening day i.e booking can be done for 4th th May,5th May and 6th May .

Time required for delivering Tatkal tickets remains same as normal tickets and users are advised to book their tickets considering the two/three days time required for delivery.

Click here to view the no.of days required for delivery of tickets to your city.

Tatkal e-ticket can be booked for selected trains five days in advance upto chart preperation. e-tickets can be booked on the opening day from 8.00 am onwards.
e.g., If today is 1st May, for journey on the 5th day (opening day booking –6th May) e ticket booking starts from 8 AM and for journey on 1st May, 2nd May,3rd May,4th May and 5th May,e ticket booking starts from 5 AM onwards

Tatkal tickets can be booked only from source station to destination station and from remote station having Tatkal quota to destination with boarding facility from intermediate station. For some trains/class/locations Tatkal quota may not be available. Please check the availability before booking.

No concession is allowed in Tatkal booking.This restriction applies to Sr. citizen concession also.
Modification of ticket in any form is not permitted in Tatkal ticket.

A flat refund of 25% of total fare charged on ticket,excluding Tatkal Charges is granted on cancellation of confirmed Tatkal tickets, which are cancelled up to 24 hrs. before the schedule departure of train. No refund on confirmed Tatkal tickets when cancelled within 24 hrs.of the schedule departure of train. For contingent cancellation & waitlisted Tatkal ticket cancellations,charges will be deducted as per existing Railway rules .

All other existing rules and regulations pertaining to i-ticket and e-ticket booked through internet and all railway rules are applicable to Tatkal tickets also.
For details see www.irctc.co.in