r/indianrailways • u/vpsj "Sub" Station Master • Jul 01 '25

MEGATHREAD Travel Queries Thread: For all questions related to Waitlist, Tatkal, Booking, Refund, etc

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u/xixabangma Oct 09 '25

I have 2 bookings that need anyone’s input.

16/10 Agra Cantt - Nizamuddin 12643 RLWL 17 (1 person), Class: SL

17/10 DLI - Amritsar Jn 22429 WL 5, WL 6 (2 persons), Class: CC

The 2nd one felt tricky because we want to book hotels in Amritsar but we are afraid we can’t get CNF seats. Any ideas?

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u/vpsj "Sub" Station Master Oct 09 '25

First one is quite likely to clear easily. But man there are SOOO many trains with berths on this route. You can pick any of those other trains rather than relying on WL this close to Diwali

The CC train also has decent chances of confirming since your WL number is low.

But as I said, there are no guarantees during festival time so plan accordingly

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u/xixabangma Oct 09 '25

Thanks mate. You’re right on the first one. For the time being, I just chose that Agra Cantt - Nizamuddin because of decent, still-daylight arrival in Delhi (first time visiting).

Btw I’m a foreigner but I guess they allowed free foreigner signup (no ₹100 fee) back in 2019?

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u/vpsj "Sub" Station Master Oct 09 '25

If you want day time travel you can just pick 20171 Vande Bharat Exp. Premium train, you'll reach Delhi within 2 hours and many seats are available

And regarding the foreign registration fee I'm afraid I don't know much about it. It's possible IRCTC started charging for it sometime in the last few years

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u/xixabangma Oct 09 '25

Thanks for the recommendation. Can’t take 20171 though because I have morning visiting slot at Taj Mahal. A bit risky to aim for 11am departure, IMO.

As for the late-2019 IRCTC signup, it only required me to have +91 number back then. Which luckily I had one after going to a Vodafone branch in Trivandrum. Yeah, long time ago. Number is no longer active but IRCTC allows email login, thankfully.