भारते
आरक्षणम्
- reservation-प्राप्तिर् बहुधा कठिनं स्यात्।
tatkAl ticket
(for last minute plans) get exhausted fast. (eg. 70 gone in 10 minutes)
- Booked day before day of the journey at these times
- AC Classes: 10:00 AM to 10:10 AM
- Non-AC Classes: 11:00 AM to 11:10 AM
- Charges - 10% of the basic fare for second class and 30% of the basic fare for all other classes, subject to a minimum and maximum fee
RAC ticket
gets 1/2 seat. Often status changed to “confirmed”. Seat number declared about 4 hours prior (chart preparation time). Algorithm tries to group seats with same PNR number together.
Cancellation charges
- If a RAC/waitlisted is cancelled then Rs. 90/- (Per Passenger) shall be deducted. (As of 2025)
- Confirmed ticket
- If a confirmed ticket is cancelled more than 48 hrs before the scheduled departure of the train
- Per passenger. Rs.240/- for AC First Class/Executive Class, Rs.200/- for AC 2 Tier/First Class, Rs. 180 for AC 3 Tier/AC Chair car/ AC 3 Economy, Rs.120/- for Sleeper Class and Rs.60/- for Second Class.
- Less than 12 hours and upto four hours before the scheduled departure of the train up to chart preparation which is earlier, 50% of the fare paid subject to the minimum cancellation charges.
- If a confirmed ticket is cancelled more than 48 hrs before the scheduled departure of the train
- For confirmed Tatkal tickets, there is no refund on cancellation.
- No charge for WL ticket.
- Source: TW
शुचिः
- शुचिर् न स्यात्। यत्र कुत्रापि मलं निष्कासयेयुः, मूत्रं च प्रसारयेयुः।
- दक्षिणभारते यानेषु वरम्।
- किञ्च AC भागेष्व् अधिका स्याच् छुचिः।
- सार्वजनिक-शौचालयोचितः शौच-क्रमो ऽनुसन्धेयः।
जलम्
- 20230504 - Picked up diarrhoea - likely from railway tap water.
- HT2016 - presence of TCB is a sign of faecal contamination that can cause acute gastroenteritis, diarrhoea and dysentery.
- RO units may be better. 5 Rs coin/ L in 2023.
प्राप्तिसमयकलनम्।
- अन्तर्जालक्षेत्राणि, apps च सन्ति।
- विलम्बो महान् एव स्याद् यानेषु - विशिष्य निहारकारणात् शरदृताव् उत्तरभारते।