IRCTC PNR Status
Check your IRCTC PNR status in one single click. Simply enter the 10-digit PNR and click the Get PNR Status button.
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PNR Status Explained
Advance booking is allowed up to 90 days before the journey date. Passengers should book their tickets early enough to get a confirmed berth. If confirmed berth is not available, reservation status will show either RAC (Reservation against Cacellation) or WL (Waiting List).
Reservation Against Cancellation (RAC) means a passenger does not have a reserved berth, but he has sitting accommodation. Depepending on the number of waitlisted passengers, the reservation may be promoted to a confirmed berth when one becomes available due to last moment cancellations usually taking place close to the journey date. RAC passengers can board the train and can sit on the two side chairs. If a berth becomes available, one RAC passenger will get the berth, and the other RAC passenger can convert the two side chairs into a single berth.
Waiting List (WL) means a passenger may not get any berth or sitting accommodation. If enough number of confirmed or RAC passengers cancel their reservations, he/she will be accommodated. The size of waiting queue for each train may vary. Once the maximum number of wait listed tickets have been issued, any further reservation requests are refused with REGRET status. It is not possible to purchase a ticket with REGRET status.
PNR Status through SMS
You may like to check IRCTC PNR status via SMS if you do not have immediate access to the Internet. Indian Railway's SMS service provides a way to check IRCTC PNR status using mobile phones. A passenger needs to send an SMS on 57886 through a mobile phone to get any kind of information on railways.
You can perform enquiries like train alert, IRCTC PNR status, train status, seat availability, train schedule, train information, train time table, train fare etc offered on the Indian Railways website. You can view such information on a mobile phone through SMS facility. To receive a list of available SMS commands, simply send TRAIN to 5676747. You will get a reply similar to: Welcome to railzone. Reply with PNR - PNR Status, TL - Train List, TA - Ticket Availability, e.g sms PNR to get PNR status. Now to check your IRCTC PNR status, send a message PNR <PNR NUMBER> to 5676747. For example, PNR 1234567890. You will get a reply similar to: PNR No. 1234567891 , 1. RAC 33, 2. Confirmed AS2 34, 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani, New Delhi - Kota, 17 Aug.
Visit one of the official pages below for more information on the mobile service providers and the keywords to be used in SMS:
To receive railway information through voice, you can call 139 from your BSNL, MTNL, Airtel, Vodafone etc landlines. Most of the telecom service providers support 139. If you have internet connection at home, you will probably prefer to go online to check PNR status of your railway reservation. The advantage is that you do not need to pay any SMS or phone call charges. Another advantage is that you can quickly print or email the reservation status.
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