Tatkal maximum and minimum fares ,Am I required to carry proof of identity during journey in Reserved Classes?

Tatkal maximum and minimum fares ,Am I required to carry proof of identity during journey in Reserved Classes?

Any one of the passengers/ the passenger booked on the tickets issued from Computerised Passenger Reservation System (PRS) and internet (i-ticket), undertaking journey in reserved classes, have to carry anyone of the ten prescribed proof of identity (in original) during the journey and produce the same as and when required failing which all the passengers booked on that ticket will be treated as without ticket and charged accordingly.

The list of valid proofs of identity are as under:

i.Voter Photo Identity Card issued by Election Commission of India.

 ii. Passport.

iii. PAN Card issued by Income Tax Department.

iv. Driving Licence issued by RTO.

v. Photo Identity Card having serial number issued by Central/ State Government.

vi. Student Identity Card with photograph issued by recognized School/ College for their Students.

vii. Nationalised Bank Passbook with photograph.

viii. Credit Cards issued by Banks with laminated photograph.

 and

ix. Unique identifi cation Card “Aadhar”.

x. Photo identity cards having serial number issued by Public Sector Undertakings of State/Central Government, District Administrations, Municipal bodies and Panchayat Administrations.

xi. In case of reserved tickets booked through computerised Passenger Reservation System(PRS) counters, for undertaking journey in Sleeper(SL) & Second Reserved Sitting(2S) classes, attested photocopy of Ration Card with photographs and Nationalized Bank Passbook with photograph are also accepted. Note: The above said provision is not applicable to Tatkal ticket which is governed by separate instructions.

Tatkal Scheme With a view to provide reservation to those passengers who have to undertake journey at short notice and to save such passengers from the clutches of unscrupulous elements/touts, Tatkal Reservation Scheme was initially introduced in December, 1997. Initially this scheme was available only in around 110 trains and mainly in Sleeper Class.

At that time an extra coach was to be attached for this purpose.

This scheme was thoroughly revised in August 2004 and some modifi cations were made from time to time. The salient features of this scheme as on date are as under:-

a. Tatkal booking for AC classes opens at 1000 hours on the previous day of journey excluding date of journey from the train originating station. For non-AC classes, Tatkal booking starts at 1100 hours on the previous day of journey excluding date of journey from the train originating station.

For example, if train is to depart from the originating station on the second of the month, the Tatkal quota for that particular train shall open at 1000/1100 hours on the first of the month.

b. The reservation under this scheme is available only upto the time of preparation of charts. At the time of preparation of charts, the vacant Tatkal accommodation is released to the RAC/waitlistedpassengers and no Tatkal charges are realised from such passengers.

c. The facility of change of name is not permitted on the bookings made under Tatkal scheme.

d. No duplicate Tatkal tickets are issued. Duplicate Tatkal tickets are issued only in exceptional cases on payment of full fare including Tatkal charges.

e. The reservation under this scheme can be sought by full fare paying passengers only and no passenger holding concessional ticket is allowed to avail reservation under this scheme.

f. In case of tickets booked under Tatkal scheme, during the journey, one of the passengers booked on that ticket is required to produce any one of the prescribed proof of identity mentioned below (in original), failing which all the passengers booked on that ticket are considered as travelling without ticket and charged accordingly:-

i.Voter Photo Identity Card issued by Election Commission of India.

ii. Passport

iii. PAN Card issued by Income Tax Department

iv. Driving Licence issued by RTO

v. Photo Identity Card issued by Central /State Government

vi. Student Identity Card with photograph issued by recognized School/ College for their students

vii. N a t i o n a l i s e d B a n k P a s s b o o k w i t h p h o t o g r a p h a n d viii.Credit Cards issued by Banks with laminated photograph.

ix. Unique Identifi cation Card “Aadhar “.

x. P h o t o i d e n t i t y c a r d s h a v i n g s e r i a l n u m b e r i s s u e d by Public Sector Undertakings of State/Central Government, District Administrations,Municipal bodies and Panchayat Administrations.

g. Keeping in view the short Advance Reservation Period and with a view to make this scheme economically unviable for unscrupulous elements/touts, refund rules of the scheme have been made stringent in which no refund is granted on the confirmed Tatkal tickets.

However, full refund of fare and Tatkal charges is granted on the tickets booked under Tatkal scheme under certain circumstances like non-attachment of coach, cancellation of train, as explained below:-

i.If the train is delayed by more than 3 hours at the journey originating point of the passenger & not the boarding point if the passenger’s journey originating point and boarding point are different.

ii.  If the train is to run on a diverted route and passenger is not willing to travel.

iii. If the train is to run on diverted route and boarding station or the destination or both the stations are not on the diverted route.

iv.In case of non attachment of coach in which Tatkal accommodation has been earmarked and the passenger has not been provided accommodation in the same class.

v.If the party has been accommodated in lower class and does not want to travel. In case the party travels in lower class, the passenger will be given refund of difference of fare and also the difference of Tatkal charges, if any.

h. Tatkal charges have been fixed as a percentage of fare at the rate of 10% of basic fare for second class and 30% of basic fare for all other classes subject to minimum and maximum as given in the table below:-

Class of Travel	Minimum Tatkal Charges(in Rs)	Maximum Tatkal Charges (in Rs)	Minimum Distance for charge (in Km)
Reserved Second Sitting (2S)	10	15	100
Sleeper	90	175	500
AC Chair Car	100	200	250
AC- 3 tier	250	350	500
AC- 2 tier	300	400	500
Executive	300	400	250