New Tatkal booking system from Tuesday

Last Updated: Monday, July 9, 2012, 19:29

Amidst rising complaints about misuse of the railway`s Tatkal scheme of booking tickets, a revised scheme will come into effect from Tuesday.

Demand supply gap responsible for Tatkal woes: Mukul Roy

Last Updated: Friday, July 6, 2012, 20:31

Railway Minister Mukul Roy Friday attributed the problems in sale of Tatkal (emergency travel) tickets to a demand-supply mismatch and said his ministry has taken some steps to ease the over-burdened system.

Railways to increase per day limit for e-tickets in four months

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 3, 2012, 21:37

In view of increased demand for rail e-tickets, Railways have decided to increase the limit for online bookings per day from 3.5 lakh at present to about four lakh in the next four months and later to eight lakh.

CVC mulls enquiry to check Railways` Tatkal flaws

Last Updated: Sunday, July 1, 2012, 10:13

Amid complaints of irregularities in the Tatkal scheme, the CVC is considering enquiry to ascertain if Railway officials are involved in malpractices.

Railways plan dedicated counters for tatkal tickets

Last Updated: Friday, June 29, 2012, 18:24

Faced with mounting complaints of misuse of tatkal scheme, Railways are planning to have dedicated counters and separate time slots for selling tatkal tickets.

Tatkal ticket rules set to get stricter

Last Updated: Friday, June 29, 2012, 11:28

In a bid to prevent misuse of the Tatkal scheme and to discourage touts from taking advantage of the emergency ticket booking facility, the Indian Railways may soon scrap the Tatkal scheme.

Wait-listed Tatkal passengers to get preference over others

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 21:21

Railways on Tuesday decided to give preference to wait-listed passengers under the Tatkal ticket scheme over other passengers while clearing the waiting list in the event of addition of extra coaches to the train.