If you want to travel by train, there are many routes for which you have to book tickets several months in advance. This is because more passengers travel to these places. ForFor:- Now people have already booked train tickets to go home on Diwali or many people are still getting it done. But if your train ticket has not been booked, then you have another option and that is Tatkal train ticket. In such a situation, if you are also going to book a Tatkal train ticket to go home this Diwali, then do a small task before that. With this, it is possible that you may get a confirmed Tatkal train ticket. So let's know what this trick is...
You can do these things before booking a Tatkal ticket:-
Step 1
You can book Tatkal train tickets one day before the journey at 10 am for AC class and 11 am for non-AC class
For this, you have to go to the official website of IRCTC, irctc.co.in, and login here.
Step 2
After going to the portal, you have to go to 'My Account' and go to 'My Profile'.
Here you have to fill in all the information of the passenger by clicking on 'Add/Modify List'.
By doing this, you will not have to fill in this information again while booking a Tatkal train ticket and this will save you time, due to which your chances of getting a confirmed Tatkal train ticket increases significantly.
Now you can book Tatkal train tickets like this:-
Step 1
After updating the 'Add/Modify List' you have to select the station and then the date for the journey.
Now click on Tatkal from the option given below and click on search
Now first select the train in which you want to travel
Step 2
Then choose the class in which you want to travel, like sleeper or AC etc.
After this, click on the names filled in 'Add/Modify List' whose tickets are to be booked.
Then make the payment and your confirmed Tatkal train ticket can be booked.
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