Step By Step Guide To Railway Reservation
Here is the step by step guide of PNR status and railway reservations,
WL and RAC
At the times when the tickets are sold than the railway ( Indian Railway or
IRCTC ) releases RACs for railway reservations. Later, when RACs are also sold,
WL tickets are released. The tickets are cancelled daily on almost all the
Trains. These cancellations can get you a ticket if bought an RAC or WL ticket.
Usually, when the reservation chart of a particular train is ready and there
tickets available in different quotas, which are alloted to RAC/WL ticket
holders.
pnr status : passenger details
passenger details on Indian Railways ticket
pnr status details : seat class
seat class of the Indian Railways ticket
Here is an example of a railway reservation situation. See the order on
which tickets are sold,
Available 02
Available 01
RAC 01
RAC 02
RAC 03
RAC 04
WL 01
WL 02
You need to understand your ticket and WL number of PNR status
There are two numbers on your ticket. They tell you the exact position
where you are listed on the waitlist and your current position in this order.
Here is an example:
You are booking a ticket online (Indian Railway, IRCTC, etc…). You search
out for the train and class/seat/berth that you want along with the date and
time. Later, when you search out the ticket, you also buy a ticket with
WL5/WL2.
In this example, you joined the WL at position 5, but by the time you
actually bought the ticket online you moved to position 2 (due either to a
cancellation or to someone not making a final booking). The first number will
stay the same – it shows the time you JOINED the queue. The second number will
fall down till the time you get a ticket (hopefully).
Your railway reservation could look like:
WL 5/WL 2 (this is your starting position)
WL 5/WL 1
WL 5/RAC 3
WL 5/RAC 2
WL 5/RAC 1
WL 5/CNF
WL 5/WL 2 = Waitlist ticket: you cannot board the train.
WL 5/RAC 3 = RAC ticket: you are allowed to board the train, but you may
end up on a seat instead of a berth.
WL 5/CNF = Confirmed ticket: you can board the train and you have a berth
to yourself.
WL and RAC refunds
Suppose your train is ready for departure and its reservation chart is
finalized, your waiting list ticket will
be automatically refunded to your bank account.
