Indian Trains Wait List - will I get a seat?
After the fiasco of registering an account to book train tickets online using my British VISA card, I finally got into a position of being able to book a ticket, but what it appears to be telling me is that I'm only being added to a wait list, which I assume means my tickets aren't confirmed.
Can someone explain how the wait list works, and what my chances are of getting on the train successfully?
- It currently says the wait list is 7
- The train is the Mandor Express, from Delhi to Jodhpur on the 18th of Nov
Update: So I got the train! Although it didn't get confirmed until a few hours before it was due to leave.
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I would strongly suggest that you do not board the train if you ticket is NOT changed to "confirmed" by the journey date. Technically, it is prohibited to board a train for which you have a waitlisted ticket (not the status at the time of purchase, but at the time of journey).
Another alternative is to buy "Tatkal" or "emergency" tickets, which can be bought as the journey date approaches. Tatkal tickets may or may not be "confirmed" tickets. Confirmed Tatkal tickets cannot be refunded.
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I answered a similar question and felt this question is searched more often and felt this could be useful information to visitors (though this is in no way probably useful for the OP).
Recently launched applications which sort of use statistical data to predict the confirmation can soothen your nerves, yes this is like fortune reading and may not be 100% but its better than plain guess or no information at all.
Some of these services are
http://www.confirmtkt.com/ http://www.trainman.in/
You can use these and if all of them indicate the same result, you probably have an answer (but nothing is final and only chart preparation can ultimately answer if you get a confirmation or otherwise). I have used these services and they are reasonably good, with more data they can only do better.
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