Indian Railways Current Ticket Booking after Charting

Indian Railways provides an unique feature of current reservation to the passengers to travel with confirmed tickets based on the availability of the seats at the source station. Current reservation can be done at the source station after the preparation of chart but before the departure of train. After chart preparation the seats available for the current reservation can be known at the counter next to the enquiry and not at the regular advanced ticket reservation counter.

The information about current reservation can also be known online by providing the name of the source station. The trains departing from that station having the same station as the starting point in the next four hours and the availability of tickets in those trains will be displayed. There is no direct link on Indian Railways home page to access current reservation enquiry page but can be got by searching for “current reservation Indian Railways”.

To get the list of trains and seats availability click on the link “Current Reservation Enquiry” and type the source station name.

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type the source station name or code

Even the ticket issued for current reservation will be superscribed with “Journey cum Reservation ticket after charting”.
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Sometimes current reservation may not be available due to huge number of waiting list tickets. It is better to check online and make alternate arrangements in case current reservation tickets are not available instead of going to railway station. Also, it is useful for the people who plan at the last moment and look for getting confirmed tickets.

Alternatively, IRCTC website (www.irctc.co.in) can also be used to book current reservation tickets after the initial chart preparation. As a benefit for passengers, IRCTC is offering the seats in current reservation at 10% discount on the reservation fare.

19 comments:

  1. You are right. I always check this site before ticket booking. This site is very useful and give proper information. Good post.

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  2. very informative. tha ks for sharing.

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  3. where to get this ticket?? Ordinary booking counter or Reservation counter

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    1. There will be a counter called Current reservation next to general reservation at few places and at few places at the entrance of station as I have seen. It depends on station.

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  4. Good information........

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  5. Good info..Thanks for sharing

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  6. what might be the charge for this?

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    1. It is same as the actual cost of ticket, no additional charges..

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  7. Very Useful information

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  8. But what if the counter isn't open by the time of Train departure. I presume that counter will be open after 8 AM and train departure timing is 7 Am. Moreover, current booking isn't allowed before 10 AM.

    Is there a solution? Please advice

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    1. Now you can book current reservation online too through IRCTC

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  9. what is the time to start current booking

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    1. It will be started after chart preparation typically before four hours to half an hour before departure of train.

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  10. What about Waiting list tickets, I mean If I have WL25, then at the time of current booking will it be confirm or Waiting List tickets are differ from Current Booking Tickets. Please suggest me.

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    1. Current booking is different from Waiting list ticket. Current ticket will be issued only after chart preparation, by that time you will come to know if your ticket is confirmed or not.

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  11. How many hour the counter open before train depart

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    1. The counter will be open always. But the ticket will be issued till half an hour before the departure of train. Now it has been made online. First chart will be generated three or four hours before train departure and second chart will be half an hour before train departure.

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