Can I board at a different train station with a tatkal ticket in India?

5/17/2018 9:41:31 PM

Confirmed Tatkal Tikets can’t be canceled and no refund is permitted in Confirmed Tatkal Tkt. Therefore, general boarding rule can’t be made applicable to confirmed Tatkal Tkt. Confirmed Tatkal berth should remain vacant for the passenger holding confirmed Tatkal Tkt.

It is based on the logic that railway can’t make profits twice by selling a confirmed tatkal ticket which can’t be canceled or no refund is allowed.
I am not finding rule on the subject. So one has to get clarification from railway or to challenge in court.

9/25/2013 11:16:24 AM

Yes, you can.
Dadar is the very next stop after Mumbai CST, there will not be any problem.
You can catch your train up to Thane.

8/9/2013 7:59:25 PM

I don’t have an official source to back this up, but when I used to travel Indian Railways from Mumbai, I boarded at Kalyan or Dadar (when my ticket said CST) and it was fine. IIRC the ticket inspector told me that after one station, they mark the passenger as a no-show and give the seat away. In any case, inspection didn’t start until Dadar or Kalyan.

Disclaimer: This was over 7 years ago.

9/25/2013 11:17:42 AM

No.

If the TTR checks for your ticket before the train halts at Dadar, he will cancel your ticket. To solve this, you can change your boarding point by visiting any station.

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