Repeated requests and duplicate tabs restore the same entry instead of multiplying the chance to book.
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Compare historical open-source timetables and declared classes with clearly simulated availability and fare estimates. General booking stays direct; fair access appears only for a protected opening surge.
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1,707 imported services across 3,724 searchable stations. Timetables are historical and treated as illustrative daily schedules; they do not confirm that a train operates on the selected date. Fares, quotas, availability, and bookings are simulations.
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A fairer way to book Tatkal
Turn Tatkal overload into a fair queue.
Join once during the 15-minute pre-opening window. Every eligible traveller receives one fair place when Tatkal opens—without a refresh race.
More InfoA queue place does not guarantee a ticket.
Refreshing or briefly losing connection does not send a traveller to the back of the line.
Controlled admission protects the reservation path while each turn permits one booking attempt.
The impact of controlled admission
Less pressure on PRS.
The same bookings.
A refresh race creates requests. A controlled queue lets booking work through. See the difference with 20,000 travellers and 10,000 available berths.
Show StatsSimulation evidence · not a production benchmark or a measurement of IRCTC.
Up to
fewer PRS request attempts
10,000 successful bookings in each model
Extreme stress scenario: 90% aggressive travellers · R 400/s · C 3,000 · seed 42. Requests include rejected attempts.