How to book tatkal tickets faster in 2014

Booking a Tatkal ticket is truly challenging a task. Even though IRCTC is putting in the best efforts to make the process easy for travellers across the country with its website and SMS system, users face issues. As per the comScore and ASSOCHAM India report, IRCTC is the popular e-commerce travel site in the country that boasts of highest transaction share in the travel category.

The Indian Railways IRCTC website opens up for train reservations at 8 AM, or 10 AM if you are making a reservation under the tatkal scheme, and the tickets are often booked within minutes. The Magic Autofill tool can improve your chances of getting a train ticket.
On the next page, fill the passenger details and click I'm Feeling Lucky. You'll see a new Magic Autofill button (bookmarklet) that you can drag to the bookmarks toolbar of your browser. Now switch to the Indian Railways website (irctc.com) and click the same Magic button in your bookmarks to fill the reservation form in one click. Speed matters.

If you have never used the Magic Autofill tool before for booking tickets on the IRCTC website, this video demo will help you get started.

Another Tips for fast booking

Indian railway site is visited by one out of five online users in the country and has nearly 12 million unique visitors in a month with majority of the traffic hitting between 10 am to 12 pm. IRCTC offers booking for Tatkal tickets during this time for those with last minute travel plans.

If you’ve also tried to book a Tatkal ticket, you will know how annoying IRCTC’s online passenger reservation system is. Here’re few handy tips and tricks to help you get a confirmed Tatkal ticket faster:

Remember, the Tatkal or last minute online booking window opens just a day in advance of your journey between 10 am and 12 am. You can book only two Tatkal tickets using one user id, so for booking more tickets you need to login using another IRCTC user id. Login to the IRCTC reservation system at around 10 a.m., but as there are thousands of other people also trying to log into the site, you need to be really quick. Use multiple accounts and different browsers to log in. Also ensure that your time is synced with the server time of IRCTC website. 

After you have logged in, you should aim to keep the session active. In order to keep the session alive, you must ensure that the screen doesn’t remain idle for more than 3 minutes. Keep everything ready, including your debit/credit card details so that the screen doesn't go idle.

After successfully logging into IRCTC, choose the starting point and destination, this will display a list of trains and you can choose the train and the ticket type. Next, you need to enter all the necessary details such as identity proof. You have to be really quick in entering these details and always keep your identity proof handy. 

The IRCTC website is extremely slow during Tatkal booking, so you must ensure that you do not double click on anything. Avoid hitting the backspace button as this will log you off and you might need to restart the complete procedure. 

Practice these simple tips and tricks to increase the chances of getting a confirmed ticket.

SMOKE DETECTION SYSTEM INSTALLED ON INDIAN RAILWAYS

Do you know an innovative solution introduced on Indian railways which can detect smoke on trains as  well as provide alarm. Fire / Smoke detection device already installed on Rajadhani / Shatabdi Express trains. For the first stage Indian Railways plan to implement this on 22 trains. Air brake system will be automatically activated if there is a fire in the coach and the hooter sound will follow 45 seconds after the emergency brake. Hooter will alert the Railway staff in case of fire, enabling them to shift or evacuate the passengers from the train.

This services initiated to prevent Cigarette Smoking on the train too. As of now this feature going to implement on AC Trains / Bogies only.


 

HOLI SPECIAL TRAINS 2014 FROM MUMBAI AND PUNE

•Train No. 01053 / 01054 Mumbai CST - Patna Special :- Train No. 01053 special will leave Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 14.05 hrs on 8.3.2014 and 15.3.2014 and arrive Patna at 19.45 hrs next day. Train No. 01054 special will leave Patna at 22.35 hrs on 9.3.2014 and 16.3.2014 and arrive Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 06.05 hrs on third day. Stoppages: Dadar, Thane, Kalyan, Igatpuri, Nasik Road, Manmad, Jalgaon, Bhusaval, Khandwa, Itarsi, Pipariya, Narsinghpur, Jabalpur, Katni, Maihar, Satna, Manikpur, Chheoki, Mirzapur, Mughalsarai, Buxar, Ara, Danapur. Composition: one First AC cum AC-2 Tier, one AC-2 Tier, Two AC-3 Tier, 12 Sleeper class, 5 General second class and 2 General second class cum Guard’s Brake vans.
 •Train No. 01027 / 01028 Mumbai CST - Varnasi Special:- Train No. 01027 special will leave Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 00.20 hrs on 12.3.2014 and 19.3.2014 and arrive Varanasi at 05.40 hrs next day. Train No. 01028 special will leave Varanasi at 08.00 hrs on 13.3.2014 and 20.3.2014 and arrive Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus at 12.30 hrs next day. Stoppages: Dadar, Thane, Kalyan, Igatpuri, Nasik Road, Jalgaon, Bhusaval, Khandwa, Itarsi, Pipariya, Narsinghpur, Jabalpur, Katni, Maihar, Satna, Manikpur, Chheoki, Mirzapur. Composition: one First AC cum AC-2 Tier, one AC-2 Tier, Two AC-3 Tier, 12 Sleeper class, 5 General second class and 2 General second class cum Guard’s Brake vans.
 •Train No. 02111 / 02112 Mumbai  LTT - Lucknow AC Superfast AC Superfast Special Train:- Train No. 02111 AC special will leave Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 11.20 hrs on 14.3.2014, 21.3.2014 and 28.3.2014 and arrive Lucknow at 12.40 hrs next day. Train No. 02112 AC special will leave Lucknow at 14.40 hrs on 15.3.2014, 22.3.2014 and 29.3.2014 and arrive Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 16.15 hrs next day. Stoppages: Kalyan, Igatpuri, Manmad, Bhusaval, Khandwa, Itarsi, Habibganj, Bhopal, Jhansi, Orai, Kanpur. Composition: one First AC Class, Three AC-2 Tier, Ten AC-3 Tier, one AC Pantry Car and 2 Luggage cum Generator vans.
 •Train No. 01027 / 01028 Pune -  Lucknow Special Train:- Train No. 01477 special will leave Pune at 22.00 hrs on 11.3.2014 and 18.3.2014 and arrive Lucknow at 02.00 hrs on third day. Train No.  01478 special will leave Lucknow at 06.30 hrs on 13.3.2014 and 20.3.2014 and arrive Pune at 11.05 hrs next day. Stoppages: Daund, Ahmednagar, Belapur, Kopargaon, Manmad, Bhusaval, Khandwa, Itarsi, Bhopal, Bina, Lalitpur, Jhansi, Orai, Pokhrayan, Kanpur. Composition: one AC-2 Tier, one AC-3 Tier, 5 Sleeper class, 6 General second class and 2 General second class cum Guard’s Brake vans.