A Reservation Against Cancellation (RAC) is a type of ticket that can be purchased for travel on the Indian Railways. Although it ensures certainty of travel, it does not guarantee a berth.
A Reservation Against Cancellation (RAC) is technically a train ticket with confirmed seat but wait listed berth.
In other words, if your train ticket shows RAC as its status (with an RAC status number), you can board the train and occupy the seat allowed, instead of a sleeping berth at night.
In fact the seat you are allocated is a shorter version berth, shared by one more RAC status co-passenger. You still are wait listed for a berth throughout the journey. If any berth is available during the journey, the conductor (TTE) allocates it to you based on your ticket’s RAC position.
Yes, RAC & WL are a bit complicated concept in the Indian trains. But this is a very useful process in the Indian Trains systems to give a better chance for the wait listed (WL) passengers.
A Reservation Against Cancellation (RAC) is technically a train ticket with confirmed seat but wait listed berth.
In other words, if your train ticket shows RAC as its status (with an RAC status number), you can board the train and occupy the seat allowed, instead of a sleeping berth at night.
In fact the seat you are allocated is a shorter version berth, shared by one more RAC status co-passenger. You still are wait listed for a berth throughout the journey. If any berth is available during the journey, the conductor (TTE) allocates it to you based on your ticket’s RAC position.
Yes, RAC & WL are a bit complicated concept in the Indian trains. But this is a very useful process in the Indian Trains systems to give a better chance for the wait listed (WL) passengers.
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