Travel with IRCTC Waiting Ticket
Yes, you can travel in train with a irctc waiting ticket but it depends on which type of ticket do you have physical or an e-ticket. Not possible if you have an e-ticket but there are chances in physical ticket that you can travel if TC(ticket checker) allow you. Physical ticket means ticket you should get from ticket counter.
Indian Railway system
India has the one of the largest rail network in the world Spans over 67,000 kilometers (41,631 miles) of track. More then 7,300 stations across the country and world’s largest employers, with over 1.3 millions employees.
“It is reported that More then 24 million people daily travel through Indian Railways which makes it’s one of the major way to transport. Indian Railway operates 13,000 passenger trains on daily basis on a average day.”
Ticket System
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Physical Ticket
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The ticket which you get from the counter in the station is a physical ticket.
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Yes you can travel with a irctc waiting ticket if it is physical ticket.
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E-ticket
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Things are different if you have an e-ticket.
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With a irctc waiting ticket you can not board the train.
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After the final ticket chart is prepared and your ticket is still in waiting then irctc automaticaly cancel your ticket and refund your money. That’s why you can’t travel with a e-ticket which is in waiting list.
Pros and cons
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If you have an physical irctc waiting ticket then it is more benificiary then having an waiting e-ticket.
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So always try to go to the station then buy a ticket.
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Con is that, may be you do not get a seat in your entire journey because you have an irctc waiting ticket. Benifit is that you are allowed to board the train.
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With e-ticket you are not allowed to board the train.
Facts about the Indian Railways
1. The first passenger train in India run from Mumbai to Thane on April 16, 1853, covering a distance of 34 kilometers.
2. Indian railway nationalized in 1951
3. India has the one of the largest rail network in the world Spans over 67,000 kilometers.
4. Indian Railway operates 13,000 passenger trains on daily basis.
5. 7,300 stations across the country in Indian Railway system.
6. Over 1.3 millions employees are working under IRCTC.
This is the information how you travel through with a irctc waiting ticket and why should not.
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