Technology had played a vital role in society. Government should take the responsibilities to protect the people. Sometimes Passengers, who are travelling had facing issues.
The government had introduced different systems to solve the passenger issues. Tatkal and Premium Tatkal are the ticket reservation processes people used for their travelling purposes.
Tatkal vs Premium Tatkal
Tatkal is the process where an individual book the railway ticket through an offline or online system before 15 days of the journey. Premium Tatkal is the quota where passengers reserve the railway tickets in a short period. But, Premium Tatkal is not available for the agents.
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Tatkal is the quota where railway passengers used to book the tickets. Tatkal is a scheme introduced in 1997 where Nitish Kumar was the Railway Minister of India. Railways introduced the Tatkal scheme to booking the railway ticket of every class on a train.
Tatkal Scheme is available for all the trains where an individual can book tickets in a different class. Passengers can book their ticket before one day through the tatkal scheme offline. The word tatkal gives the meaning ‘immediately’.
Premium Tatkal is the scheme introduced by the railways similar to the Tatkal scheme. Premium Tatkal is a scheme that provides only online services. Premium Tatkal does not give services offline.
The fare of the ticket in the Premium Tatkal consists double compared to tatkal. Premium Tatkal scheme consists of few seats in reserved trains. Premium Tatkal scheme does not provide services for all trains. Passengers who have a short time choose the Premium Tatkal scheme.
Comparison Table
| Parameters of Comparison | Tatkal | Premium Tatkal |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Tatkal is a scheme introduced by railways for ticket reservation. | Premium Tatkal is a scheme introduced for ticket reservation online. |
| Introduced | The Tatkal scheme had introduced in 1997, where Nithish Kumar was the railway minister of India. | Premium tatkal is a new scheme introduced in 2014 October. |
| Difference | Tatkal provides services offline. | Premium Tatkal provides only online services. |
| Journey | Passengers can book tickets for every train. | Premium Tatkal scheme is available only for few times. |
| Availability | Tatkal can be available for different classes. | Premium Tatkal consists of few seats in trains and, the fare had double charged. |
What is Tatkal?
Tatkal is a scheme introduced by the railway of India in 1997. The Tatkal scheme had used to reserve the tickets in a short time. Tatkal provide services offline and online. The Tatkal scheme is available on every train in India.
Every passenger can book their tickets a day before through the Tatkal scheme. Tatkal had introduced by Nitish Kumar and, he was the railway minister of India. The word tatkal gives the meaning ‘immediately’.
Tatkal Scheme is different from Normal. Normal can reserve tickets 15 days before the journey, where Tatkal can book the tickets before 2 days.
The tatkal scheme had available for all trains and different classes. Passenger can feel secure to book the tickets through the Tatkal scheme. An individual can reserve the railway ticket before a day by providing journey details and originate station.
The fare of the railway ticket is less compared to other Schemes. Tatkal ticket fare is different from Normal ticket fare. Tatkal ticket fare had fixed and had 10 per cent of basic fare on second class tickets, 30 per cent basic fare on other classes.
When the passengers cancel their journey, the booking tickets had provided to the waiting list people. Tatkal ticket bookings are open at 10:00 AM for AC class and 11:00 for NON-AC class.
What is Premium Tatkal?
Premium tatkal is a scheme introduced by the railways in 2014. Premium Tatkal is a new scheme introduced after the Tatkal scheme. Premium Tatkal prefers to provide online services, where Premium Tatkal does not provide offline services.
Passengers who had a short time for reservation choose the Premium Tatkal. Premium Tatkal consists of limited seats for a reservation. The ticket fare is double compared to tatkal. Premium tatkal had does not available for all trains.
Premium tatkal quota consists of dynamic fare charges for passengers. Premium tatkal does not provide services for agents to reserve tickets. The fare is dynamic for confirmed passengers.
Premium Tatkal is the scheme introduced by the railways similar to the Tatkal scheme. Premium Tatkal tickets can book by login into the IRCRCS website. Passengers who book the tickets initially can get the seat by having dynamic fare.
Dynamic fare stands that the charge should have increased according to the available seats. Premium Tatkal scheme had helpful to the passengers, who had less to reserve a ticket.
An individual can book the ticket at the last minute with dynamic fare in the premium Tatkal quota. Ticket charges may range from 10 per cent to 30 per cent turn on the classes.
Premium Tatkal open the services after 10 AM. The Advance Reservation Period had the same Tatkal and Premium Tatkal schemes where Premium Tatkal prefers to provide online services. An individual can book 2 tickets by using a single User ID.
Main Differences Between Tatkal and Premium Tatkal
- Tatkal is a scheme introduced by Nithish Kumar in 1997, where Premium Tatkal is a new scheme introduced in 2014.
- Tatkal booking may, available for all the trains where Premium Tatkal had available for few trains.
- The tatkal scheme provides services offline but, Premium Tatkal provide online services only.
- Both are railway schemes, but Tatkal and Premium Tatkal had varied in ticket prices.
- Tatkal is available for different classes with a different fare. In contrast, Premium Tatkal had few seats and consists of dynamic fare.
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