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Saturday, 28 June 2014

IRCTC PNR Status

by Gaurav  |  in travel at  23:10

Here IRCTC PNR status, how to check PNR status, and what does it mean is explained. But first let us define PNR and IRCTC and later we will see how to get the status.

What is PNR?

Full form of PNR is Passenger Name Record. It is identified by a number. This number is allocated to each railway ticket and can be used by a passenger to track the status of reservation.

pnr status picture


What is IRCTC?

Full form of IRCTC is Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. It is a subsidiary of the Indian Railways that handles the catering, tourism and online ticketing operations of the railways.

What is IRCTC PNR Status?

People go to website https://irctc.co.in for online booking of railway tickets. This is a online passenger reservation system. When booking is done, IRCTC allocates a unique number to each ticket. This is called PNR number. Quoting this PNR number, a customer can find the current reservation status. It is a 10 digit number.

How to check the reservation status using IRCTC PNR ?

Fastest way, and probably the easiest way as well, to do PNR status check is to type in the message box of your mobile phone your PNR number as shown: Write PNR [space] [Enter Your PNR Number Here], and send it to 139. Within seconds you will receive the status of your railway ticket.

Another way is to visit the railway enquiry website www.indianrail.gov.in and from menu choose the item 'pnr status'. This will open up the page like this:



You can provide your 10 digit PNR number and click on 'get status' button for passenger current status.


Understanding the Status returned

The railway server will return the status in form of PNR status codes. In order to exactly get and understand the status of reservation it is extremely important to understand these status codes.

Flushed PNR - It means that this PNR number is now obsolete. This happens mostly when a user enters a wrong number. It is also shown if the PNR is not yet generated by the railway servers.

RAC - It stands for Reservation Against Cancellation Status. It is accompanied by a number which indicates the standing of a ticket in a queue i.e. when this number of tickets get cancelled the passenger will be allotted a full seat. A passenger booked on a ticket having RAC status is allowed to travel in train but he is required to share the accommodation with another passenger.

WL - Indicates that the ticket is wait listed. Customer who has a railway ticket with waiting list PNR status is not allowed to board the train. The waiting list status is returned with two numbers like, WL1/WL2, where the first number indicates the position in waiting list at the time of reservation while the second number indicates the current status.

CF - If you get this status it means your ticket is confirmed. A confirmed ticket status is returned along with coach number and seat number.

PQWL - Pooled Quota Waiting List. Sometimes railway allocates seat from its pooled quota. The status is shown by this code. It is similar to waiting list.

RLWL - Remote Location Waiting List denotes the status in a waiting list of remote locations. Each station has a prescribed quota for seat booking in different class of travel for each train which has stoppage at that station. Sometimes there is no quota and ticket is issued by allotting seats from quota of another station. When such a ticket is not confirmed and also it has failed to qualify under RAC quota, the RLWL quota is allotted.

Apart from above codes there are many others but generally they are not useful for common passengers. Actaully IRCTC PNR status is nothing but the pnr status of indian railway..

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