Tatkal Ticket Booking Time: If you travel by train, or are planning to travel by it, then you must be knowing how to book Tatkal and Premium Tatkal tickets of railways. IRCTC has fixed a fixed time for booking Tatkal and Premium Tatkal tickets of the train for passengers. However, in the past few days, there have been some reports on social media that IRCTC has changed the booking time of Tatkal and Premium Tatkal tickets. After this, IRCTC itself has told the truth of these reports on social media.

Has the time for instant booking changed?

IRCTC said, “Some such posts are coming on social media, in which different timings of Tatkal and Premium Tatkal tickets have been mentioned. However, at present no change has been made in the booking of Tatkal and Premium Tatkal for AC, Non-AC classes nor is there any proposal for it.”

Tatkal Ticket Booking:

Tatkal booking for all AC classes (1AC, 2AC, 3AC, CC, EC) of the train starts at 10 am 1 day before the journey. Whereas, booking for Sleeper Class (SL) starts at 11 am 1 day before the journey. For example, if your train is on the 15th, then Tatkal booking will be done on the 14th.

Premium Tatkal Ticket Booking:

If it is very important for you to travel and you are unable to get a ticket in Tatkal, then you can also book a ticket in Premium Tatkal. Booking for this starts 1 day before the journey at 10 am for AC class and at 11 am for Sleeper class. However, it is much more expensive than the normal Tatkal, because dynamic fare system is applicable in it.