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CKWL on Tatkal railway ticket
So the other day I booked a tatkal ticket online from IRCTC. After the usual 500 errors and multiple tries I came to the "Congratulations!" page where they gave me the ticket details. And this is what I found in the ticket's status "CKWL 23". I wondered what the heck it was. Googling did not help. I shot off a mail to the IRCTC customer care and within half an hour I got their reply. Reproducing their reply below -
Dear Customer, Kindly note that CK stands for Tatkal CKWL means Tatkal Wait list Ticket. Thanks & RegardsSo there it goes. Official reply from IRCTC. CKWL is the waiting list for the tatkal quota. It's just like the "WL" you get on the normal ticket, except it's on the tatkal quota. No idea what CK stands for though. Although the reply wasn't exactly Shakespeare, I was impressed that they got back to me so soon. It's nice to see the Railways doing good stuff. There's still room to improve though. Have you had a similar experience with IRCTC? Frustrating one? Good one? The comment form is right below
Update : Found something in the IRCTC site in the ngpay FAQ. It says(in point 9)
Booking can be done against general (GN), ladies (LD) and tatkal (CK) quota berths/seats only.. What this means is that GNWL is General Quota Waiting list, LDWL is Ladies Quota Waiting List and CKWL is Tatkal Quota Waiting list. Pretty much any 4 letter acronym ending in WL is some Waiting list quota or another. For instance if you have been wondering what PQWL means in IRCTC, then it is a Pooled Quota Waiting List. If you're looking to improve the time it takes to book tatkal tickets, you can try the Autofill forms extension. Check out my blog post on how to use the Autofill forms addon.
106 Comments
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hai i have booked a tatkal ticket pnr 4440580429 for tommrow
booking staus CKWL 5 will myticket get confirmed? how good are my chances here ? -
hi i have booked a tatkal ticket PNR 4862173436 for tomorrow
booking status CK WL 6,7,8 will ticket get confirmed? how good are my chances here ? -
I have booked a ticket from TVC toTCR on24/11/2012 in CHENNAI MAIL. My PNR No. is 4865327652. My status is PQWL10. Will it get confirmed? Or else can I get a seat? Otherwise how is the refund?
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i booked tatkal ticket to day for tomorrow on online but it ckwl 30 is there any possibility to get
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Hai i booked a tatkal tkt for tmorw. the PNR no is 4347808267. The status is CKWL 89/CKWL78.
How hance i have to confirm this tkt ?
Whether i wil falls atleast in RAC status…
pls let me know
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hai i have booked a ticket pnr 6119234491 d/o/j is 02/05/2013
booking staus W/L 7,RSWL, W/L 8,RSWL. from KYQ to HJP. so please can u advise what is the meaning of RSWL and this ticket well be conform or not