New tatkal plan makes booking tickets easier
#1 Under the new scheme, passengers will be allowed to book tatkal tickets exclusively at reservation counters between 10 am to noon for the trains leaving next day.
#2 The railways also decided that no authorised agents, including those of the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation, will be allowed to book Tatkal tickets in the first two hours -- from 10 a.m. to 12 noon
#3 There will be separate queues and counters for passengers buying tickets under the Tatkal scheme.
#4 CCTVs will also be installed at booking counters to monitor the 'Taktal' booking system.
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Passengers will have carry self-attested identity proofs to buy a Tatkal ticket.
#6 The Indian Railways has also said that only four passengers can be booked on a single ticket in the Tatkal scheme.
#7 Agents booking tickets on the internet under the 'Tatkal' scheme can now only book one ticket per train per day only after 12 noon.
#8 Passengers booking tickets on the internet under the 'Tatkal' scheme can now only book two tickets between 10 am and 12 noon.