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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Last Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012, 16:13
The revenue generated under the Tatkal scheme for reservation of railway tickets has shown a steady increase.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 20, 2011, 00:23
Soon passengers will be able to book tickets under Tatkal scheme for Duronto trains.
Last Updated: Monday, November 21, 2011, 08:47
Indian Railways’ new ticket booking rules under the Tatkal Sewa will come into force from Monday.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 20, 2011, 20:42
Indian Railways will reduce the advance reservation period for Tatkal tickets from 48 hours to 24 hours.
Last Updated: Friday, November 11, 2011, 17:13
According to the new announcement, tatkal tickets can now be booked only 24 hours before the commencement of railway journey.
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