Tatkal Cancellation Charges for booked & waiting list train tickets are revised. Will you often plan the trip immediately and reserve tatkal train ticket for going home? Then you must be book & Cancel tatkal railway train ticket often. If so you must read the updated tatkal cancellation rules & the refund amount. Here is an ultimate guide on “IRCTC tatkal Cancellation Charges & refund rules”.
Tatkal Cancellation Charges for Train Tickets:
Tatkal tickets are generally booked before the day of the journey. You can’t book the tatkal reserved train tickets during the Advance reservation period. Tatkal train tickets are tough to book because most of the people will be accessing Indian railways portal (IRCTC) at the same time and will try to book at the same time. So it will like a battle field where each person will fight like anything to book their tatkal ticket.
The timings of tatkal ticket reservation have been changed. If you want to check out the updated tatkal train ticket booking then checkout “Tatkal Booking Timings”. Want to know how to book tatkal train ticket faster online in IRCTC, then checkout the ultimate guide on “How to book Tatkal train ticket faster”.
Tatkal train ticket is very difficult to book. So before cancelling the ticket make sure that you are not travelling in the train that you have reserved. Because once you have booked the tatkal, while cancelling the cancellation charges will be higher than usual cancellation of Normal cancellation of railway ticket. During Normal cancellation of train ticket then the cancellation chares are low at least you will get some amount that will be refunded to your bank account after cancelling the ticket. But when you cancel the confirmed tatkal ticket, your cancellation amount is 100 %.
No refund for the confirmed tatkal tickets
If your tatkal tickets are not confirmed Please check out the cancellation charges for the tatkal ticket below
| Class of Tatkal Travel | Cancellation Charges & Cancellation Type | |
| Automatic | Manual | |
| Tatkal Tickets | ||
| Sleeper Class (SL) | Full Refund | Rs 120 |
| Second Sitting (2S) | Rs 60 | |
| Chair Car (CC) | Rs 180 | |
| AC Two Tier Sleeper (2A) | Rs 200 | |
| AC Three Tier Sleeper (3A) | Rs 180 | |
| AC Three Tier Economy | Rs 180 | |
| First class AC (1A) | Rs 240 | |
Tatkal Other Rules :
However, full refund of fare and tatkal charges will be granted on the tickets booked under Tatkal scheme in the following circumstances:-
- If the train is delayed by more than 3 hours at the journey originating point of the passenger & not the boarding point if the passenger’s journey originating point and boarding point are different.
- If the train is to run on a diverted route and passenger is not willing to travel.
- If the train is to run on diverted route and boarding station or the destination or both the stations are not on the diverted route.
- In case of non attachment of coach in which Tatkal accommodation has been earmarked and the passenger has not been provided accommodation in the same class.
- If the party has been accommodated in lower class and does not want to travel. In case the party travels in lower class, the passenger will be given refund of difference of fare and also the difference of Tatkal charges, if any.
Comment us if you have any clarification information on tatkal cancellation charges.
I have booked tatkal ticket in Lichchavi Express (14005) but train is late by more than 6 hours. What will be refund amount on confirmed tatkal ticket.
If the train is marked as “CANCELLED” in PRS due to breaches, floods, accidents etc. full refund is permissible in case the tatkal ticket is cancelled within three days of the scheduled departure of the train. In case of e-tickets, such cancellations can be done by the customer through Internet.
I want to cancel tatkal ticket. What process to cancel tatkal ticket?
You can cancel as like normal ticket with the help of booking history option. Make sure you have seen tatkal ticket cancellation charges before cancellation of tatkal train ticket.
How to cancel tatkal train tickets? Is it possible or not? (Ticket buy from agent)
Can I cancel My Confirmed tatkal ticket? Even if its confirmed will i get refund for the cancelled Tatkal ticket?
You will not get any refund when you cancel the confirmed Tatkal ticket. It’s better to travel than cancelling the confirmed tatkal ticket. Only waiting list tatkal ticket will get refund amount for cancellation.
Then Only the agent can cancel your Tatkal ticket. Before cancelling Make sure you are not cancelling the confirmed Tatkal ticket because confirmed tatkal ticket will not have refund.
I have booked tatkal ticket but it is in waiting. So after cancellation what will be the refund amount.
Please look into above table where your can find the Tatkal ticket Cancellation Charges.
Till what time is cancellation allowed on unconfirmed tatkal tickets and what are there slabs on amount refunded.
I am seeing my tatkal ticket to be in waiting list and what would be the refund amount for 3A sleeper? From the above chart it is not clear if the rates which is 180 rupees for cancellation (Waiting status)
I bought a tatkal ticket at the reservation counter. Ticket was wait list. It did not get confirmed after the Chart preparation. Train was at 22.30 hrs. Next day I went to cancel the ticket, counter clerk refused refund saying that cancellation is permitted only before train departure. Is it true? What is this rule ? One cannot enter a reserved compartment with wait list ticket, you will be fined. Same time railways are refusing refund next day! Why is this discriminatory rule?
You should cancel your railway counter based ticket before the train departure to get back your tatkal ticket cancellation charge.
If your train tickets booked online and it is not confirmed those tatkal waiting list tickets will get auto cancelled. Amount will be deposited automatically to your bank account. Tatkal Ticket cancellation charges slab rates are given above.
If you do manual cancellation Rs.180 will be detected for each person. If you just left as like that tatkal ticket will get auto cancelled and full amount will be refunded to your bank account
Thanks for the Update on Tatkal Train Ticket Cancellation Charges.
Twice my tatkal tickets got booked because of error issues. Is there anyway can I get a refund?
When you booked for the first time, you should have checked it in Booked Ticket History for tatkal and normal tickets. So that you would not have booked your second tatkal ticket.Now there is no options to get refund for your tatkal train ticket.
Is it 120rs per ticket or per head cancellation charges for sleeper ???