The man recently tried to book a ticket to the Datkal train from Delhi to Darbhang in Bihar using IRCTC. However, when Nigam Singh opened the application to make a reservation, he met a pop -up message that sounds “reservation yet” and asked him to “try after some time”. What happened in the next three minutes is completely confused. After the application was restored, the train has already shown a waiting list 41.
Singh shared his frustrating online experience and said he was unable to secure the Tatkal ticket even with a quick internet connection.
“Tatkal Ticket revision reality,” Singh wrote, sharing two screenshots from IRCTC. He added: “Reservation starts at 10 am, Garib Rath Express has a quota of 240 seats under Datkal.”
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He explained that at 10:01 there was a message that appeared on an application that says “reservation is not started”. “Then the app encounters and starts to equalize,” he wrote. “The application replies. Now shows the status as a waiting list 41.” It is important to note that Tatkal’s reservations open at 10:00 for AC classes (2a/3a/CC/EC/3E) and at 11:00 for class outside AC (SL/FC/2S).
Screenhots shared Singh showed an application message: “Reservation has not yet started for the selected quota and class. Please try it after some time.” Although these images were taken in October 2024, they have now become a viral with more than a million views.
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“It is even an IS high -speed internet is almost impossible to book a tatkal ticket. We have no idea how agents confirm they will do it,” Singh added.
“As it happens, it remains a mystery,” he said.
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Internet users share similar stories
After Singh’s post gained attention, many people online shared their own experience. One user claimed that agents use special software to instantly catch tickets.
“There is an application that will give you either a confirmed ticket or a refund. Try it and support this intentional manipulation. The legalization of something illegal is here in playing. And no one asks the right question,” another user wrote.
The third called it “big fraud” and said, “Many ticket buyers easily get confirmed tickets from some so -called agents, but when trying to book online or offline, they always face too many problems.”
Irctc responds
In response to this, IRCTC issued a statement that admits that reservation times can take longer during the top hours, especially under the quota of Tatkal. The company said they are working to improve the system for all users.
“During the timing of the maximum reservation, especially during Tatkal, due to high demand, seat reservation is often filled quickly due to a large volume of users who have access to the system simultaneously. Since the system processes multiple real -time requirements, processing may take another time in the case of a large number of parallel requirements.”
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