Emergency Ticket reservation in Indian Railways

Getting a ticket :)
Getting a rail ticket in India is a tough job. As per the current situation ( January 2013 )

Booking Opens 120 days - 4 months prior to the date of journey

Tatkal booking starts a day prior to the date of journey ( Booking starts @ 10: 00 AM )
For early morning trains tatkal booking states 2 days before the journey ( try researching to make sure that you don`t miss the book schedule )

Online booking is a time consuming tough task and the end result may be failure as the server will be too busy and the connections will be timed out. You are really lucky if you managed to get one via online.
If you are in real need to get a tatkal ticket its always better to spare time and go early to nearby station or booking center wait in queue and get the tickets



Pooled Quota / Waiting List
There is something called Pooled Quota waiting list Beware of that . If the end to end destination of the train is Chennai to Delhi and you want to book till vijayawada you will be getting pooled Waiting list ( Stations next to vijayawada will be pooled together ) if someone cancel ticket who`s destination is within that list of stations then only your status will be upgraded
Its better to book little far destination to actual destination so that it will fall under normal WL and up gradation will be quicker.


Current Booking:
If the charts were prepared and the booking were closed ( if the seat availability is high ) Then you can get this ticket in counter. Alternate way to this is get a open ticket and check with Ticket Checker TTR to get it Pay excess amount to TTR


Connecting Train:
Last minute tickets ( This is tricky )
If the train is connecting you station and moving to your desired destination there will be always many seats who never turned up
buy a normal open ticket and check with the TTR when the train arrives at your station and get it confirmed and pay excess amount to him later ( believe me i have got tickets like this multiple times during season time:) )


Track your train in Google
http://railradar.trainenquiry.com/
New Link Launched to help Travellers

Any questions drop a comment

Happy Journey ...

Kolathur The Hub for Fancy colour Fish

Kolathur is Chennai`s main hub for Colour Fishes & Fresh water fish tank
Located near to perambur and few kilo meter from Anna nagar. Many peoples from Different cities come here to get their collection
Fish are getting exported to different countries also, Even the rare and different varieties also will available here. I guess there should be around 150 plus shops and multiple fish farms arond that streets

If you have a rare species in mind and want to get at a cheap rate Kolathur is the best place