Tatkal advance reservation period reduced to one day

Railways on Friday decided to reduce the advance reservation period of the Tatkal scheme from two days to one day.

Also, there will be no refund on confirmed Tatkal tickets subject to the exception such as cancellation of trains, late running. No duplicate Tatkal tickets will be issued and tickets will be sold only on production of one of the eight prescribed identity cards as a proof of identity.

The detail of the identity prrof will be captured by the system and indicated on the reserved ticket. Agents will be restricted from booking tatkal tickets between 8 am and 10 am. The railways has also announced to set up Railway Stations Development Corporation Limited with equity participation from IRCON and RLDA.

This special purpose vehicle will seek PPP for development of railway stations across the country. "Stations will be developed on PPP mode and we are working out a suitable revenue model for it," Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi told reporters here.