Railways to allow limited waiting lists in IRCTC special trains from May 22

at 10:43 pm

New Delhi (NVI): To tackle passenger rush for IRCTC special trains, the Railways has said that it will allow limited waiting lists in these trains from May 22, apart from running more trains soon.

30 odd trains are plying to and from Delhi after the Railways decided to resume passenger train operations on May 12.

The Railways in a statement today said the list of trains to get the waiting lists facility will be notified later.

However, there shall be no Reservation Against Cancellation (RAC) in special trains.

The waiting list for special trains will be capped at 100 for AC 3 tier, 50 for SC 2 tier, 200 for sleeper class, 100 for chair cars. For first AC and Executive Class, the list will be capped at 20 each.

Only only bookings for reservations can be done from the IRCTC website or app, Railways said in a statement.