With effect from 15th June 2015, the timings for Tatkal Reservation Tickets booking will be staggered for Air-conditioned and Non Air-conditioned classes all over Indian Railways, a Press release said today.
As per the amendment, from 15th June 2015, for all Air-conditioned classes, Tatkal reservations will open at 10 hrs on the previous day of journey from Train Originating Station like at present. In case of Non Air-conditioned classes, Tatkal reservations will open at 11 hrs (instead of 10 hrs as at present) on the previous day of journey from Train Originating Station.
All types of ticket booking agents (Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendra-YTSK, Rail Travelers Service Agents-RTSAs, IRCTC agents etc.,) are debarred from booking tickets during the first 30 minutes of opening of advance reservation booking i.e. from 08:00 to 08:30 hrs for General bookings, from 10:00 to 10:30 hrs for Tatkal AC tickets booking and from 11:00 to 11:30 hrs for Tatkal Non-AC bookings (NSS)