INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Tatkal ticket bookings are allowed in all classes except first AC and executive class.IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism
Corporation), which handles the catering, tourism and online ticketing operations of the Indian Railways, grants no refund on cancellation
of confirmed Tatkal tickets/duplicate Tatkal tickets except in case of certain circumstances
Tatkal ticket bookings are meant for immediate plans and the bookings are allowed in all classes except first AC and executive class
Tatkal booking opens at 10 am for AC classes and 11 am for non-AC classes, one day in advance of the actual date of journey excluding date
of journey, said Indian Railways.Here are certain circumstances under which full refund is granted on Tatkal tickets, according to
If the train is delayed by more than 3 hours at the journey's originating point of the passenger and not the boarding point if the
passenger's journey originating point and boarding point are different.2
If the train is to run on diverted route and boarding station or the destination or both the stations are not on the diverted route.4
If the customer has been accommodated in lower class and does not want to travel or in case, the customer travels in lower class, the