A major change has been made in the advance ticket booking system of Indian Railways. Now advance reservation of seats in trains will start 60 days in advance. Earlier, passengers used to start booking tickets 120 days before their travel plans. Let us know when this rule of Railways will come into effect and what will happen to the passengers whose tickets are already booked? Apart from this, there is also a question that in those trains in which all the seats have been booked 120 days in advance, will seats be available again?
Railways issued this notification
The Railway Ministry issued a notification on Thursday i.e. 17 October 2024 to make changes in the railway booking system. It was told that the time limit for making advance reservation has been changed. Now reservation will start only 60 days in advance, which used to start 120 days ago. The Railway Ministry has also given the reason for taking this decision.
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When will this rule come into effect?
According to the notification of the Railway Ministry, the new change in the advance reservation booking system will be implemented from November 1, 2024. This means that the system of making reservations 120 days in advance will continue till 31st October. At the same time, the reservation system will be implemented 60 days before November 1, 2024. If understood in simple language, on 31st October you will be able to book tickets till 25th February 2025. At the same time, from November 1, 2024, you will be able to make advance reservation only till December 30.
What will happen to those whose tickets are already booked?
In India, the general public along with planning to travel anywhere, also starts booking etc. In such a situation, there will be many people who would have booked their tickets in advance. In such a situation, the question arises whether the new decision of the Railway Ministry will have any impact on those passengers. Let us tell you that the Railway Ministry has also given information about this in its notification. It has been told that the new decision will not have any impact on tickets booked before November 1.
How to get tickets in fully booked trains?
The new rule of Railways has increased the heartbeats of many passengers. In fact, there are many railway routes in the country where seats in trains become full as soon as the 120 day limit starts. In such a situation, the question is how will the passengers get tickets in these trains. For example, if we look at the booking of Goa Express from New Delhi to Pune at present, there is 11 waiting list on 11 January 2025. There are three RACs waiting on 12th January, one RAC on 13th February, five RACs on 14th February and two waiting on 15th January. Now, after the implementation of the advance reservation system 60 days in advance on November 1, the Railway Ministry has not given any information on how people will get the tickets. Let us tell you that due to the new rule, passengers may have to face trouble for booking tickets in December 2024, January 2025 and February 2025.
