PNR status of your Indian Railways or IRCTC booking can be checked online easily! Enter the 10-digit PNR (Passenger Name Record) number and click on the Get PNR Status button. You will find the PNR number on the top left corner of the ticket. Passengers can check the status of reservations on the various zones like Northern Railway, Central Railway, Southern Railway etc using this interface.

Enter the 10-digit PNR number below

The Indian Railways train schedule/ time table and seat availability can be checked using the following links.

	Indian Railways Train Schedule
	Indian Railways Seat Availability

Disclaimer: This site is not affiliated to Indian Railways, and does not store in its database any content of Indian Railways website. For official Indian Railways website, visit http://www.indianrail.gov.in .

PNR Status through SMS

Indian Railways allows you to check the PNR status of your reservation in few other ways. You can use SMS or regular phone. If you use the SMS service, then you will get a response back with reservation details including seat number. Please be aware that these services may charge you.

• SMS: PNR <10-digit number="" pnr=""> to 54959. For example PNR 1234567890
• SMS: PNR <10-digit number="" pnr=""> to 139
• SMS: PNR <10-digit number="" pnr=""> to 5676747
• SMS: IRPNR <10-digit number="" pnr=""> to 57886
• Phone: Dial 139 for PNR enquiry, arrival departure of trains, fares, accommodation and availability

Ticket Status Explained

Indian Railways allows advance reservation typically up to 60 days in advance of the travel date. If you book early, there is a good chance of getting a confirmed berth. The coach and berth numbers will be indicated on the ticket itself. If confirmed berth is not available, you will get a ticket with RAC or WL status.

RAC: RAC stands for Reservation Against Cancellation, and it means that you don’t have a reserved berth, but you have sitting accommodation in the train and class of your choice. There is a possibility this will be converted to a berth when it becomes available due to last minute cancellations closer to travel date. RAC ticket holders can board the train and are seated in the two side chairs. If a berth is available due to cancellation, then one RAC holder will get the berth, and the other RAC holder can convert the two side chairs into a berth.

WAIT LIST: Tickets with Wait List or Wait List status are not guaranteed any berth or sitting accommodation. They will be accommodated only if sufficient confirmed or RAC ticket holders cancel their reservation. The number of WL tickets are determined by railway officials, and once a maximum number of wait listed tickets have reached, the ticketing system refuses any more requests and responds with REGRET status. You cannot purchase a ticket with REGRET status.

RAC/WL tickets will have two numbers – WL20/W15, WL12/RAC10 etc. The first number shows the ticket status when you first purchased it, and the second number shows the current position. So WL20/W15 means that when you purchased the ticket you were on wait list 20, and there were 5 cancellations and so your current wait list status has improved to 15.

You can check if your RAC/WL status has improved by using the 10-digit PNR number on the top left corner of the Indian Railways ticket. You can check this online easily by visiting PNR Status or the Indian Railways website.

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Indian Railway introduced the simplest way to check your Railway ticket status using SMS messages. Just send an SMS on 57886 through your mobile phone now to get any information on Railways.  Now all the enquiries like Train Alert, PNR Status, Train Status, Seat Availability, Train Schedule, Train Information, Train Time Table, Train Fare etc offered on the web site www.indianrail.gov.in are available on your mobile phone through SMS facility. For more information on the mobile service providers and the key words to be used on the mobile, please click here

First Indian Railway train was run in 1853 between Mumbai and Thane. Mumbai and Thane are western coastal districts of Maharashtra. Current Indian Railway trains are the result of gradual development in technology. Today it runs thousands of daily express and local passenger trains. Railway has categorized these trains according to their average speed and number of halts on their route. 

Below are the list of train types:

Metro Trains: These trains are equipped with latest technologies and facilities. It currently runs in few metro cities of India like Delhi and Kolkata. Such metro trains are in demand and government had planned its expansion in other metro cities as well. Metro Rail tickets do not generate unique PNR number because one can not reserve a seat in these trains. These are moderate in speed and generally runs on their scheduled time.

Suburban Locals: They run only in few big Indian cities like Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. These are also examples of trains for which seat reservation is not possible and hence one can not get pnr status for tickets. These are further divided into slow locals and fast locals. Slow locals halt on every station while the fast ones halt only on main important stations.

Passenger Trains: Passenger trains can also be further classified into slow and fast passenger trains. They run between important small distanced cities.Slow passenger trains have stoppage at every single station in between their route. Reserved tickets are not available and hence unique pnr number generation is not done for tickets.

Express & Super-fast Express: These trains are relatively faster than the above mentioned. They run across long distances and one can book a reserve ticket in these trains. As tickets are reserved, booking system generates unique ten digit pnr number on each tickets to identify the traveler. PNR status checking facility are made available for non reserved train tickets.

Shatabdi and Janshatabdi Express Trains: These are high speed trains available in Indian Railway to connect moderate distanced important stations. They do not have sleeper coaches. They only contain seats for seating. Main difference between Shatabdi and Janshatabdi trains is that Janshatabdi trains have both AC and non AC coaches while Shatabdi trains are fully air-conditioned. Seats can be reserved and pnr status can be checked.

Garib Rath: These trains have AC 3 tier coaches and ticket price is relatively lower than the other air conditioned trains. 

Rajdhani Express: These are fully air conditioned trains and connects major cities of India. They are high priority trains and generally runs on their scheduled time. They have very few stoppage in between their route. Seat reservation facility is available in these trains. One can check Rajdhani Express pnr status on this website.

Duranto Express: These are source to destination train service started recently by Indian Railway. From source to destination means, these trains do not stop on any station that comes in their route.

What is PNR Status: PNR is abbreviation for Passenger Name Record. In the context of Indian Railway Reservation System, it is a unique ten digit number that is associated with a ticket. This unique number is automatically generated by Computer Reservation System (CRS) which is like an indexing number in the database where the details of the passenger or group of passengers are stored. This database details also include important information about the passenger’s current reservation status which continuously get updated with every cancellation if ticket is unreserved.

Where to find PNR number on ticket: PNR number is generally printed at the top left corner of the printed tickets (tickets that are taken from railway station booking window). In case of the E – Ticket (tickets that are booked online or through IRCTC website), it is mentioned at top in separate cell.