TATKAL TROUBLES
The Indian Railways has cunningly increase fare by almost 50% by alloting close to half of its berths in Sleeper Classes to Tatkal quota.
Every day morning you find passengers waiting outside reservation counters as early as 5 am (some sleep at the door from night) for booking Tatkal tickets at open of reservation.
Tatkal tickets cannot be cancelled and you waste your entire money if your program changes last minute or still worse get caught in a traffic jam. No refund - entire money goes to kitty of the State.
Also, no senior citizenship concessions are allowed. Seniors who tend to plan for emergencies must shell out full fare + Tatkal charges.
Its funny to see Waiting List upto 40 / 50 on Tatkal tickets. Mostly railway clears these Tatkal Waitlist passengers at the cost of regular Waitlisted Passengers who book 2/3 months before.
Most of the Southern trains are waitlisted even 1/2 months before and more and more passengers resort to this black-marketed tickets, by none other than the Indian Railways.
Alternately, the Railways need to increase fare by 25% flat for Sleeper class / 3rd AC to avoid all this last minute travails.
The Indian Railways has cunningly increase fare by almost 50% by alloting close to half of its berths in Sleeper Classes to Tatkal quota.
Every day morning you find passengers waiting outside reservation counters as early as 5 am (some sleep at the door from night) for booking Tatkal tickets at open of reservation.
Tatkal tickets cannot be cancelled and you waste your entire money if your program changes last minute or still worse get caught in a traffic jam. No refund - entire money goes to kitty of the State.
Also, no senior citizenship concessions are allowed. Seniors who tend to plan for emergencies must shell out full fare + Tatkal charges.
Its funny to see Waiting List upto 40 / 50 on Tatkal tickets. Mostly railway clears these Tatkal Waitlist passengers at the cost of regular Waitlisted Passengers who book 2/3 months before.
Most of the Southern trains are waitlisted even 1/2 months before and more and more passengers resort to this black-marketed tickets, by none other than the Indian Railways.
Alternately, the Railways need to increase fare by 25% flat for Sleeper class / 3rd AC to avoid all this last minute travails.
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