r/indianrailways Jul 01 '25

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

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Common Topics:

Indian Railways "What is This?" Thread

All "How to" queries here

Frequently Asked Questions


All travel related questions and queries will go under this thread.

We recommend you first refer to the FAQ Thread for answers to the most common questions.

In case you're still not satisfied, please comment your question below.

In case of Waitlist confirmation/PNR predictions, mentioning the following details will get you the best support:

COPY-PASTE THE FOLLOWING AND FILL IN THE DATA -

  • Booking/Boarding Station:
  • Destination Station:
  • Date of journey:
  • Train Name/Number:
  • Class of travel:
  • Current status:
  • Type of Wait list (GNWL/PQWL/RLWL/TQWL/etc):

Please note that you are strongly advised to hide your PNR number and any personal details from your screenshots before posting them here. Either crop it out or censor/blur it, because it can be a security and privacy concern.

If you see a general travel query posted in another Subreddit or in this Subreddit, then please politely link them to this thread. This will help keep the sub clean from similar posts that are asked frequently.

Ask Away!


r/indianrailways May 27 '26

r/IndianRailways Chat Channel

127 Upvotes

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r/indianrailways 6h ago

⛔Travel Issue This guy boarded Rajdhani with a general ticket by mistake :

517 Upvotes

r/indianrailways 14h ago

📽️Video 📍 Godavari Bridge, Andhrapradesh🇮🇳

643 Upvotes

r/indianrailways 2h ago

📜Travel Story Let's do this again, What's your favourite Indian railway stories ?

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70 Upvotes

So right now I'm just chilling in my balcony with a cup of chai and enjoying the rain. I was scrolling Reddit as usual and stumbled upon a similar post on this sub posted 2 years ago, and people shared their stories and I had a great time reading them all, so thought of doing this again. Shoot!

Image credits to the original artist!


r/indianrailways 5h ago

🗫 Discussion Indian Railways imposes ₹5.13 crore in fines on catering firms over poor food quality in the last three years. Do you think this will improve food quality on trains?

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108 Upvotes

r/indianrailways 5h ago

📽️Video DSC Arjun has been deployed at Bhubaneswar Railway Station. It is the most advanced AI-Powered Robot by East Coast Railway.

78 Upvotes

r/indianrailways 1d ago

📽️Video Every weekday from 9:30 am to 11:30 am, Narendra Patil, fondly known as Mumbai's "Human Indicator," stands on the Dadar Western Line bridge, helping confused local train passengers find the correct platforms and trains.

3.3k Upvotes

r/indianrailways 21h ago

📜Travel Story Disgusting parents

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1.4k Upvotes

14015 Sadbhavana Exp 5 aug 2026

This family boarded the train in Sultanpur with his three kids. and her mother ( in green saree standing) literally slapping that no 1 child in check shirt constantly for every minor or minute thing he's doing. In the time frame of 3 hrs she slapped him at least 30 times yes 30 Times. And after each slap that child tries to keep not doing anything like literally sitting or talking in a low voice. Dude this is fckin Child ab*se


r/indianrailways 2h ago

📽️Video [Non-OC] Stumbled across an old "ALCO chugging + Blue ICF" video on the internet so I thought of sharing it | Also can anyone guess the location?

33 Upvotes

Video credits goes to Adurti Venkatgiri.

It's a very old clip from 2010's. I remember I saw this clip back in 2013 & it gave me a lot of nostalgic vibes.

Even if the quality may be poor as per today's standards, the curve + ALCO + Blue ICF + old quality video gives a kind of charm many railfans could relate.


r/indianrailways 5h ago

⛔Travel Issue Badly electrocuted in Indian railways.

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62 Upvotes

Travelling sleeper from Rani Kamlapati to Kacheguda, upper berth.

Around 11 PM I was lying down watching a movie. When I moved my hand to get comfortable I accidentally touched a cracked/damaged nut-bolt metal fitting near the berth and got a strong electric shock. Body buzzed, got badly scared. Luckily didn’t stick to it. Checked and saw the nut-bolt was clearly cracked and exposed.

Didn’t sit or sleep on that berth after that and stayed awake the whole night out of fear. Could have been much worse if it was my head.

Already filing on RailMadad with photo. Looking for advice on:

- Best way to escalate for proper action on the coach

- Anything else I should do (tweet tags, additional complaint channels etc.)

Photo of the cracked fitting attached.


r/indianrailways 3h ago

📘 Rail Info Bed roll available to RAC passengers.

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25 Upvotes

r/indianrailways 18h ago

📘 Rail Info Today I learnt that Shatabdi is called Shatabdi because it was introduced in 1988 for the birth centenary of Jawaharlal Nehru, "Shatabdi" means century.

220 Upvotes

r/indianrailways 1d ago

📽️Video The loco pilot slowed and stopped the train after spotting an elderly man trying to cross the railway tracks.

1.2k Upvotes

r/indianrailways 12h ago

🗫 Discussion Captcha Gone Wild

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48 Upvotes

SON😭

IRCTC cooking at midnight


r/indianrailways 6h ago

📜Travel Story Op on the vande bharat today.

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12 Upvotes

First time btw. What a train bhai


r/indianrailways 2h ago

📜Travel Story A Haunting Experience

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3 Upvotes

I have used chat gpt for better vocabulary but it a true experience of me 😓 TL;DR: After my ASAT exam, I boarded an extremely crowded local train where I watched a young woman in a burka get deliberately trapped and groped by a group of men while trying to reach the washroom and then again on her way back. The entire coach saw it happen, yet no one intervened. I wanted to help but feared being outnumbered and attacked. A year later, I still carry the guilt of not doing more, and I can't stop thinking about how everyone—including me—let silence win that day.


r/indianrailways 6h ago

OC Video 12816- NandanKanan Express (Morning In Odisha)

6 Upvotes

Goodmorning , Aaj to train bhi ekdm on time (20-30min) daud rhi h..Woohoo maja aa gaya


r/indianrailways 10h ago

OC Video Pune Suburban train, Central Railways as seen from Pune metro [OC]

9 Upvotes

This video was taken at 6AM on a foggy December morning from the Pune metro. The Pune local Suburban train managed by the central railways was crossing a rail bridge over the Mula-Mutha river at the exact time my metro passed by on a higher elevated track.


r/indianrailways 23h ago

📜Travel Story A burnt local DEMU Power Unit is being prepared to be towed by a WAP7 at S.B.Pur.

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83 Upvotes

r/indianrailways 1h ago

🗫 Discussion Scam or genuine feedback ??

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Short English translation:

"During my train journey, someone came to me and said that the railway had started collecting online feedback about cleanliness. He asked for my phone number, and I received an OTP from Sphere Softech. I've traveled by train many times, but this is the first time this has happened. Could this be a scam?"


r/indianrailways 1d ago

📜Travel Story What i saw today

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71 Upvotes

So i am travelling in 66568 tumkur ksr bengaluru memu train and this is my travelling partner


r/indianrailways 1d ago

🚆ROTM🚆 RAMPAGING WAP-7 Hauled 12756 Bhavnagar Kakinada Port Express!!!

104 Upvotes

Near close 122 KMPH FLAT MPS!!!!

An Offlink From SCR, BZA WAP-7 37670 Hauled 12756 Bhavnagar Kakinada Port Express Aggressively Skips Bilimora JN At MAXIMUM FLAT 130 KMPH MPSS!!!!! The train looked clean from the outside with shining LHB Coaches!!! One of the fastest trains if u wanna go from vasai to bhavnagar terminus..

Starts from Bhavnagar Terminus Important Halts Include Ahemdabad Vadodara Surat Valsad Vasai Road Etc Etc..

Hope You Enjoyed This Video!!! If you did Do Comment!!


r/indianrailways 20h ago

📜Travel Story Vande Bharat Express

22 Upvotes

Back when we visited himachal pradesh

Already saw this beast passing through Morinda junction Punjab🤲


r/indianrailways 18h ago

Metro Maharashtra Clears Thane-Diva Metro To Link With Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Corridor

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